Nasdaq to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as firms expand partnership

First reported September 10, 2026 by The Block · covered by 5 sources

Nasdaq to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as firms expand partnership

Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, expanding their tokenized equity infrastructure partnership.

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Sep 10, 2026 · byThe Block

Nasdaq Invests $100 Million in Kraken Parent Payward

Nasdaq Ventures agreed to put $100 million into Kraken's parent company, at a $21 billion valuation according to Bloomberg, and Payward will adopt Nasdaq's surveillance technology across its trading venues.

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Sep 10, 2026 · byThe Defiant

Nasdaq invests $100 million in Kraken parent Payward at $21 billion valuation

Nasdaq has agreed to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward as the two companies expand their work on tokenized equities, market surveillance and blockchain-based settlement infrastructure. Nasdaq said Thursday that its strategic investment arm, Nasdaq Ventures, had agreed to…

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Sep 10, 2026 · byCrypto.news

Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Company: Report

Bitcoin Magazine Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Company: Report The deal between Kraken and Nasdaq will help build infrastructure for tokenization, according to a Bloomberg report. This post Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Company: Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .

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Sep 10, 2026 · byBitcoin Magazine

Nasdaq deepens Kraken ties with proposed $100 million Payward investment

The expanded Payward relationship adds surveillance across five market categories while NETs remain a Q2 2027 target. The post Nasdaq deepens Kraken ties with proposed $100 million Payward investment appeared first on CryptoSlate .

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Sep 11, 2026 · byCryptoSlate