The CEO of ARK Invest, Cathie Wood, has compared Hyperliquid to the initial promise of Solana, calling it "the new player in the block".

“It's exciting. It reminds me of Solana in its early days, and Solana has proven its worth and is, you know, alongside the big players,” Wood said during a recent interview on the podcast, Master Investor.

ARK Invest currently holds three main crypto assets in its public funds, including Bitcoin

BTC

95.308 €

, Ethereum

ETH

3484 €

, and Solana

SOL

177.92 €

. The firm's exposure to Solana is through Breera Sports, which Wood clarified is linked to the Solana treasury and backed by investors from the Middle East. She also noted advisory ties with the project through economist Art Laffer.