Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Throws Weight Behind Ethereum’s ZK Revolution—Here’s Why It Matters
Zero-knowledge tech just got Wall Street's golden stamp. Ark Invest's Cathie Wood—yes, the same one who called Bitcoin's $1M moonshot—is now backing Ethereum's ZK push. When a traditional finance oracle blesses crypto's nerdiest scaling solution, you pay attention.
The ZK Factor: Ethereum's Silent Killer App
Forget moonboys screaming about price. ZK-proofs are where the real infrastructure war is being fought. They let Ethereum scale without sacrificing decentralization—the holy grail that’s kept Vitalik awake since 2015. Now even suits are realizing: this isn’t just tech, it’s a trillion-dollar plumbing upgrade.
Why Wood’s Endorsement Cuts Through the Noise
Ark Invest doesn’t back science projects. Their bullish bet signals ZK’s move from crypto Twitter hype to institutional viability. Funny how ‘unproven tech’ suddenly gets credible when someone with a Bloomberg terminal says so—but hey, that’s finance for you.
The race to scale Ethereum just got hotter. And for once, the smart money might actually be… smart.
Ethereum’s ZK vision gets Ark’s nod
Cathie Wood appears to be taking a greater interest in Ethereum. Lorenzo Valiente, Director of Research at Ark, highlighted in a post that since the Merger happened (1,031 days ago), only 373K ETH net has been issued. However, over the last nine days, Ethereum-linked ETFs have pulled in over 380K ETH.
Valiente stated that it is 3 years of new supply eaten up in less than two weeks, and added that supply shock is coming for Bitcoin and Ethereum. To this, Wood commented that, “the price of any good is determined at the margin, demand relative to supply. The math is mathin”
Ethereum’s ZK bet is coming to life. This will allow one party to prove possession of certain information without revealing the information itself. This MOVE reduces computational load and enables greater throughput. This all will happen without sacrificing decentralization or composability.
Raye Hadi, Research Associate at ARK, mentioned that the Ethereum Foundation targets real-time L1 proving, where 99% of block proofs are generated within less than 10 seconds. He added that Hardware costs for provers might be less than $100k, and less than 10kW power WOULD be used.
He added that this upgrade represents the cultural shift that Ethereum has been promising. Meanwhile, the execution still remains a challenge for them, but the vision is becoming clearer.
Ethereum Foundation offloads ETH
Amidst all of these advocacies, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) sold 10,000 ETH (worth $25.7 million) in an OTC deal to Nasdaq-listed gaming company SharpLink. The transaction was conducted on July 10. This also marks the first direct purchase of ETH from the Foundation by a publicly traded company.
It sold the ETH at an average price of $2,572.37, and all the proceeds reportedly will be used to support the Foundation’s Core operations.
As per the data provided by Lookonchain, SharpLink bought another 16,374 ETH (worth $49 million). The gaming firm has bought 60,582 Ethereum (worth $180 million) in the past 5 days.
SharpLink(@SharpLinkGaming) bought another 16,374 $ETH($49.03M) 8 hours ago.
SharpLink bought a total of 60,582 $ETH($180M) in the past 5 days.https://t.co/ptQ6SF4RI4https://t.co/l54G4gmgL0 pic.twitter.com/GJSr2UdFbC
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) July 14, 2025
Ethereum price is up by 85% in the past 90 days, showing a massive comeback. Meanwhile, it is still down by 8% on YTD basis. ETH is trading at an average price of $3,044 at press time. Its 24-hour trading volume spiked by 120% to stand at $32.2 billion.
Spot Ethereum ETFs in the US saw over $204 million in net inflows on July 11. The rally was led by BlackRock’s ETHA product, with a record $137 million daily intake. Grayscale’s ETH remained second with a $25.5 million inflow.
Corporate treasuries are increasingly exploring ETH as a treasury reserve asset, mirroring the BTC play adopted by Strategy and others.
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