Nasdaq to invest $100 million in Kraken parent to deepen tokenization push

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Sept 10 (Reuters) - Nasdaq said ⁠on Thursday its venture arm agreed to invest $100 ⁠million in Payward, parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, ‌deepening a partnership aimed at developing infrastructure for trading tokenized equities.

Established exchange operators are developing tokenized securities and related infrastructure to capture growing ​investor interest in blockchain-based assets and compete ⁠with crypto-native platforms that ⁠are expanding into stocks and derivatives, including perpetual futures.

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9 月 10 日（路透社）——纳斯达克周四表示，其风险投资部门同意向加密货币交易所 Kraken 的母公司 Payward 投资 1 亿美元，以深化旨在开发代币化股票交易基础设施的合作关系。

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