Group 1 - ARK Invest has made a significant investment of $300 million in Solmate Infrastructure, formerly known as Brera Holdings, indicating a contrarian bet on the company's pivot from football to cryptocurrency infrastructure [1] - Solmate Infrastructure has rebranded and shifted its focus to becoming a Solana-based digital-asset and crypto-infrastructure player, abandoning its previous blockchain pitch [2] - The company has attracted notable crypto investors, including the Solana Foundation and RockawayX, and is now under the leadership of former Kraken Chief Legal Officer Marco Santori [3] Group 2 - Solmate aims to generate returns through SOL token accumulation and staking while establishing validator infrastructure in Abu Dhabi, despite its stock price being down over 75% in 2025 [3] - The company has launched the first bare-metal Solana validator in the UAE, marking a significant step in its transition to cryptocurrency infrastructure [5] - Solmate is implementing an infrastructure flywheel strategy, offering RPC nodes and colocation services that generate fees from decentralized finance applications, creating a self-reinforcing revenue model [7]