Morning Edition · Thursday, July 23, 2026Published at 1:28 AM EDT · New York
Kraken Parent Payward Expands Tokenized Stocks Beyond US Equities With GTN
The xStocks product will add non-US shares starting in Hong Kong before targeting Europe, the United Kingdom and South Korea, extending real equities onto public blockchains.
Payward, the parent company of the exchange Kraken, will expand its xStocks tokenized-equities product beyond US shares through a partnership with the financial-infrastructure firm GTN, crypto.news reported. The rollout is set to begin in H…
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