Nasdaq Invests $100 Million in Kraken Parent Payward to Advance Tokenized Equities
The strategic investment deepens a partnership to develop the Nasdaq Equity Token framework and deploy market surveillance technology across Payward's trading venues.
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The strategic investment deepens a partnership to develop the Nasdaq Equity Token framework and deploy market surveillance technology across Payward's trading venues.
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