SOL Strategies Strikes Big Win in Staking Business With Ark Invest

SOL Strategies, the Solana treasury management provider, has secured a strategic win by onboarding Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest.

In a move thats also symbolic of growing interest in staking, Ark Invest has choosen SOL Strategies as its new Solana staking provider to support its ARK Digital Asset Revolutions Fund.

Since 2020, the fund led by Wood has been working on capturing early institutional interest in public blockchains. It typically holds 10–12 leading cryptocurrencies at any given time with its core allocations typically include high‑conviction digital assets – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL). As part of the signed engagement with SOL Strategies, the firm will entrust its Solana holdings for staking.

🚨 ALERT 🚨@ARKInvest Digital Asset Revolutions Fund has selected SOL Strategies as their new Solana staking provider.@CathieDWood and her team chose our enterprise-grade infrastructure to power their institutional staking operations.

This is validation. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/qLpwkQiPlu

— SOL Strategies (@solstrategies_) July 28, 2025

SOL Strategies Selected as Ark’s SOL Staking Partner

Announced on Monday, the deal will see ARK transition its Solana validator operations onto SOL Strategies’ enterprise‑grade network,. It will also be leveraging its integration with BitGo’s institutional custody platform.

The scale of the engagement is also striking. According to industry reports, SOL Strategies already manages over 3.5 million SOL tokens across its third‑party delegators and SOL Strategies’ own treasury. At current market prices of $183/SOL, managing 3.5 million SOL would equate to roughly $642 million USD in assets under custody.

On the deal, SOL Strategies said, “This relationship represents more than just another client. It’s institutional validation that Solana is the blockchain capable of handling global finance’s transactional demands.”

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SOL Strategies, formerly Cypherpunk Holdings Inc., has built a reputation as a Solana‑focused infrastructure provider, operating a distributed network of high‑performance validators.

Its platform combines robust node‑management tooling with enterprise‑grade security controls, backed by BitGo’s insured custody and compliance framework. This integration ensures that staked SOL assets remain protected against both cyber threats and regulatory pitfalls – a critical consideration for institutions handling millions of dollars in digital assets.

A Big Win in the Competitive Staking Business?

Institutional stakeholders are increasingly embracing staking as a strategic tool for generating passive income while contributing to network security.

ARK’s decision to partner with a specialist like SOL Strategies itself reflects a broader industry trend. Companies are outsourcing technical operations to dedicated service providers, thereby reducing complexity and operational overhead.

It is also interesting to note that SOL Strategies even though it posted $3.5M loss in Q2 2025, however, its revenue from staking and validating revenue still surged. It’s income from staking and validating segment stood at C$ 1.25 million, according its Q2 2025 report.

For SOL Strategies, the alliance will not only expands its revenue base but also enhances its profile ahead of ambitious corporate milestones – including a pending Nasdaq application and recent board-level governance enhancements.

However, it continues to face competition on two fronts: publicly traded “Solana treasury” vehicles and enterprise‑grade staking service providers. Recently, the DeFi Development Corporation (Nasdaq: DFDV) even aquired acquired a validator business to boost staking yield.

But SOL Strategies by partnering with one of the crypto’s most prominent investment firms – Ark invest – it does cements its role as a trusted validator operator for the Solana network.

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