Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Payward for Tokenized Stock Trading
The venture capital arm of Nasdaq has made a $100 million investment in Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.
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Kraken is a privately held cryptocurrency exchange and financial-technology company focused on long-running crypto exchange infrastructure for retail, professional, and institutional traders.