Nasdaq bets big on tokenized stocks with $100 million investment in Kraken parent Payward | Fortune0

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• September 10, 2026

The once-novel idea of putting stocks on the blockchain is gaining momentum fast. The latest example came on Thursday morning, when Nasdaq announced a $100 million investment in Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, that will see the two companies work on new ways to trade tokenized versions of stocks. Kraken’s valuation