Kraken's parent company Payward has added over 200 tokenized stocks from the UK and Europe

According to The Block, Kraken's parent company Payward has launched over 200 stock tokens from the UK and the EU through its xStocks framework, bringing the total number of tokenized assets to over 1500.

Each token is backed 1:1 by stocks held by a regulated custodian and can be traded on Kraken and the xStocks alliance platform, supporting blockchain networks such as Solana, Ethereum, TON, Ink, and X Layer.

Payward announced in September a partnership with the London Stock Exchange to introduce the top 100 stocks listed in London to xStocks. The London Stock Exchange also plans to offer xStocks trading through LSE 24 after regulatory approval. Payward stated that xStocks has covered over 110 markets, but UK investors currently cannot access it, and the service is not available to US persons or in the US.