🎬 Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Payward
Nasdaq's Ventures invested $100 million in Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken. Payward Chief Commercial Officer Mark Greenberg joins Jenni...
➤ Nasdaq Ventures has invested $100 million in Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, signaling a deepening partnership.
➤ The investment aims to accelerate the development of tokenized traditional assets, such as Nasdaq equity tokens and X-Stocks, and build open, global financial rails.
➤ Payward plans to leverage this funding to expand its B2B services, enabling other companies to integrate tokenization and blockchain technologies into their offerings.
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Tokenization and the Future of U.S. Markets | Sergey Nazarov at the White House Summit
🎬 Tokenization and the Future of U.S. Markets | Sergey Nazarov at the White House Summit
On August 19, 2026, Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov discussed tokenization's impact on the American economy alongside the heads of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Executives from Robinhood, Nasdaq, Kraken, and Coinbase were also in attendance, along with SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig.
➤ Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov spoke at a White House summit about the positive impact of tokenization on US markets, including stablecoin adoption and the distribution of US dollar and equities globally.
➤ The discussion involved heads of the SEC and CFTC, alongside executives from major crypto and financial firms, highlighting regulatory enablement and increasing adoption of US-based assets.
➤ Nazarov emphasized that the tokenization of treasuries into stablecoins and the ongoing tokenization of equities are driving significant growth and benefiting the US economy.
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