Crypto Funding Weekly: $151 Million Across Five Deals Led by Nasdaq’s $100 Million Kraken Investment Crypto companies disclosed $151 million in new financing across five deals during the week of September 5–11, 2026. The total is dominated by Nasdaq Ventures’ agreement to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, and a $35 ...
Nasdaq Invests $100 Million in Kraken Parent Payward as Always-On Markets Push Tests Regulatory Boundaries Nasdaq’s venture arm has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, marking a significant convergence between traditional exchange infrastructure and digital-asset venues. Announced Sept. 10, the deal includes Payward’s adoption of Nasdaq surveillance ...
NES Token Resumes Trading on Binance Alpha and Kraken After Security Incident Nesa’s NES token returned to trading on Binance Alpha and regained Ethereum funding support on Kraken on September 10, following exchange-specific interruptions tied to an August 24 token-contract security incident. The restorations are not a network-wide relaunch or a single recovery plan, and ...
Nasdaq’s venture arm is investing $100 million in Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, in a deal that values the firm at $21 billion, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. Partnership Extends to Tokenized Stock Distribution The investment extends a partnership originally struck in March. Under the arrangement, ...
Kraken has launched Smart Grid, an automated range-trading bot integrated directly into its Kraken Desktop application for eligible Pro users. The move places the exchange into a competitive grid-bot market, differentiating the tool through native desktop performance, robust backtesting, savable configurations, and the ability to adjust parameters while the strategy is running. Native Desktop Execution ...
Pump.fun, the Solana-based platform known for streamlined token creation and memecoin trading, appears to be broadening its scope. On-chain data reveals the emergence of new trading pairs linked to traditional equities, signaling a potential pivot toward tokenized stock exposure. Stock-Linked Pairs Surface on Pump.fun Blockchain analytics indicate that currency pairs referencing stock prices have begun ...
Hyperliquid Labs and Payward, the parent company of Kraken, are in advanced discussions to offer selected Hyperliquid-linked perpetual futures to U.S. traders through Bitnomial, a…
Ripple Labs has become the largest holding in C1 Fund’s portfolio, accounting for 17.49% of net assets and moving ahead of Payward Inc., the parent…
KuCoin Expands Sanctions Screening to Indirect Crypto Transfers Across 17 Platforms KuCoin has broadened its sanctions compliance framework to cover indirect cryptocurrency transfers involving 17…