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

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What happened

The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, voting-enabled equities to crypto exchange users.

Key facts

  • Reported by CoinDesk and published Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:21:21 UTC.

Why it matters

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  1. Paolo Ardoino says 650 million people decentralized US debt, but Tether still controls the T-bills

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

  3. Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Payward at $21B Valuation

  4. Nasdaq invests $100M in Kraken parent at $21B valuation: Report

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

  6. Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, others ask EU to remove or increase cap in tokenization trial

  7. US hit on $24 billion crypto black market sends rival money launderers running for exits

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