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Payward has signed a binding agreement to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, owner of Lithuania-based Saldo Bank, securing a European banking license and adding deposit and lending capabilities across five markets.
Speaking at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said tokenizing collateral assets and money flows could release tens of billions of dollars, as the exchange pushes toward near-round-the-clock trading by December 2026.
X has begun letting US users tap into cashtags like $BTC or $TSLA to see price data and a new Trade button that hands off to partner platforms including Coinbase and Kraken. The feature is not yet available in Europe.
Nasdaq Ventures has taken a $100 million stake in Payward, Kraken's parent, deepening a March partnership on tokenised equities as exchanges from ICE to CME jostle for position ahead of possible SEC approval in 2026.
Nasdaq Inc. has invested $100 million in Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, in a deal that values the firm at $21 billion.