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Nasdaq is investing $100 million in Payward, which is valued at $21 billion

What happened

Nasdaq and Payward announced the creation of an infrastructure to link regulated markets for tokenised shares with decentralised blockchain networks.

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The investment comes against the backdrop of expanding cooperation between Nasdaq and Payward, according to Bloomberg. In March 2026, the companies announced the creation of an infrastructure designed to link regulated markets for tokenised shares with decentralised blockchain networks. The project is based on xStocks technology, developed by Kraken. It is designed to enable the issuance and trading of tokenised versions of shares in a blockchain environment. According to Payward, by March the volume of xStocks transactions had exceeded $25 billion, of which more than $4 billion were conducted directly on the blockchain. Nasdaq, for its part, is developing its own approach to share tokenisation, focused on preserving issuers' control, complying with current regulatory requirements and safeguarding the rights associated with the underlying securities. Nasdaq announced this spring that the relevant infrastructure is expected to launch in the first half of 2027. For Payward, the partnership with Nasdaq forms part of a broader strategy to transform Kraken from a cryptocurrency trading platform into a financial infrastructure company. In the first quarter of 2026, Payward reported $507 million in adjusted revenue, $357 billion in total trading volume on the platform and 6.1 million funded accounts. The company is also expanding into derivatives, tokenisation, payments and...

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Event
Partnership

What this signalsA new partnership often opens integration and co-selling work.

Takes effect
Mar 1, 2026

Companies

  • PaywardPartnerpayward.com

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Detected
Sep 10, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
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  "signal_type": "news",
  "signal_subtype": "partners_with",
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  "company": {
    "name": "Nasdaq",
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    "title": "Nasdaq is investing $100 million in Payward, which is valued at $21 billion - logos-pres.md",
    "excerpt": "The investment comes against the backdrop of expanding cooperation between Nasdaq and Payward, according to Bloomberg . In March 2026, the companies announced the creation of an infrastructure designed to link regulated markets for tokenised shares with decentralised blockchain networks. The project is based on xStocks technology, developed by Kraken. It is designed to enable the issuance and trading of tokenised versions of shares in a blockchain environment. According to Payward , by March the volume of xStocks transactions had exceeded $25 billion, of which more than $4 billion were conducted directly on the blockchain. Nasdaq, for its part, is developing its own approach to share tokenisation, focused on preserving issuers’ control, complying with current regulatory requirements and safeguarding the rights associated with the underlying securities. Nasdaq announced this spring that the relevant infrastructure is expected to launch in the first half of 2027. For Payward, the partnership with Nasdaq forms part of a broader strategy to transform Kraken from a cryptocurrency trading platform into a financial infrastructure company. In the first quarter of 2026, Payward reported $507 million in adjusted revenue, $357 billion in total trading volume on the platform and 6.1 million funded accounts. The company is also expanding into derivatives, tokenisation, payments and...",
    "summary": "Nasdaq and Payward announced the creation of an infrastructure to link regulated markets for tokenised shares with decentralised blockchain networks.",
    "planning": true,
    "image_url": "https://logos-pres.md/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Nasdaq.webp",
    "confidence": 0.9,
    "published_at": "2026-09-10T11:14:23Z",
    "effective_date": "2026-03-01",
    "article_sentence": "In March 2026, the companies announced the creation of an infrastructure designed to link regulated markets for tokenised shares with decentralised blockchain networks.",
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