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According to CoinDesk, informed sources revealed that the custody bank giant BNY is in talks with Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, for a broad collaboration covering digital assets and financial market infrastructure. The potential agreement may involve areas such as crypto products, custody, wealth management, trading, payments, and infrastructure, with related services provided through Payward Services, which targets banks, exchanges, and asset management institutions.One source indicated that part of the proposed collaboration may be similar to the infrastructure component of the recent agreement Payward reached with Nasdaq. Negotiations are still ongoing, and there is no guarantee that an agreement will be reached; both Payward and BNY declined to comment. BNY, formerly known as Bank of New York Mellon, provides custody, asset services, clearing, and wealth management services to institutional clients and has been developing tokenized deposits to support near real-time on-chain settlements among institutional market participants.Reaching an agreement with BNY would further promote Payward's efforts to connect digital asset businesses with traditional financial institutions. Last month, Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Payward at a valuation of $21 billion, expanding the collaboration between the two parties in tokenized stocks. Under the agreement, both parties will continue to develop the operational and commercial infrastructure for Nasdaq stock tokens, and Payward will also adopt Nasdaq's market surveillance technology in its cryptocurrency, stock, tokenized stock, futures, and options trading venues, with both parties expecting to launch Nasdaq stock tokens in the second quarter of 2027.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale transferred 5.97 million USDC into Kraken 5 hours ago, and then withdrew 39,018 AAVE from Kraken 3 hours ago, worth 6.2 million USD.

The cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken's coin listing account announced that WOJAK will be launched soon, with trading starting on September 30.The account introduced that WOJAK corresponds to the account wojakcto, which is a community takeover of Feels Guy. Feels Guy is a bald, melancholic MS Paint character that has been popular on image forums since 2009.

According to CoinDesk, Kraken's parent company Payward has invested billions of dollars over the past two years, expanding into futures and derivatives, tokenized stocks, and banking through acquisitions and self-built businesses, aiming to integrate trading, payments, asset management, and institutional services into a unified financial infrastructure.Payward's co-CEO Arjun Sethi stated that the company is not a holding company, but "a set of platforms, a balance sheet, a regulatory framework," with the core being to facilitate the flow of funds and assets between different businesses through "a single ledger."Payward has currently enhanced the U.S. futures and derivatives infrastructure through acquisitions such as NinjaTrader and Bitnomial, and plans to acquire a bank in Europe; its B2B infrastructure division Payward Services currently has at least 25 companies using its API, including Hyperliquid. In the second quarter of 2026, Payward's adjusted revenue was $508 million, a year-on-year increase of 17%.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, 15 minutes ago, a certain whale transferred 541,000 HYPE to Kraken, worth 49.54 million USD.This batch of HYPE was withdrawn from Coinbase Prime half a month ago at an average price of 73.9 USD; this time it was transferred to Kraken at a price of 91.5 USD, expecting a profit of 9.52 million USD.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMine today accumulated and withdrew 12,500 ETH from Kraken, worth approximately 34.56 million USD; three weeks ago, BitMine also accumulated and purchased 20,000 ETH from Kraken, worth approximately 48.89 million USD.

David Ripley, co-CEO of the American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, stated that Europe is taking a more pragmatic approach to cryptocurrency regulation, and the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) provides clarity for market rules; in contrast, the regulatory environment in the United States is more confrontational.Ripley pointed out that the CLARITY Act is progressing slowly, and related work has been ongoing for many years. He believes that if the United States continues to delay advancing cryptocurrency regulatory legislation, it may cede its leadership in financial innovation to the European Union. Kraken obtained a MiCA license from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in June 2025, allowing it to operate in 30 member countries of the European Economic Area (EEA).

According to Arkham monitoring, the whale address bc1py deposited 1,651.82 BTC into Kraken, worth approximately 126.69 million dollars. The related BTC was withdrawn from Kraken in April this year and then transferred back to the exchange after being moved through two newly created wallets.Currently, the balance of this address has been cleared, with an expected profit of about 15.21 million dollars.

Kraken's parent company Payward plans to offer on-chain perpetual futures to U.S. customers through the decentralized perpetual contract platform Hyperliquid. Bitnomial will deploy and clear the HIP-3 market, while NinjaTrader Clearing will host customer accounts.Payward stated that this will be the first registered U.S. exchange and clearinghouse to deploy a market on Hyperliquid.

Kraken's official listing account announced that TREAD will be launched soon, with trading starting on September 16.TREAD is a token used in algorithmic trading terminals and the agency trading ecosystem, which is aimed at the digital asset market.

According to The Defiant, Kraken has launched three xStocks vaults, allowing eligible customers to deposit SPYx, QQQx, and NVDAx into the vaults while earning floating returns while retaining exposure to tokenized stocks or ETFs. The vault initially shows an estimated net APY of 2% for SPYx and QQQx, and 1.8% for NVDAx. Kraken charges a 25% performance fee on vault earnings, and the displayed interest rate has already deducted this fee; rewards will be converted into the same type of xStock and automatically reinvested into the customer's balance.The strategy is designed by Sentora and is responsible for risk management, while Veda provides the vault infrastructure. After customers deposit xStock, Kraken transfers it to an embedded self-custody wallet on Ink, packages it, and deposits it into the Veda vault; Sentora then cross-chain transfers the packaged xStock to Solana and deposits it as collateral in the Kamino lending market. After borrowing stablecoins, it is deployed into selected DeFi strategies, and the returns are ultimately converted back into the deposited xStock. Customers do not need an external wallet or mnemonic phrase but can export the private key; redemption requires a three-day wait for funds to arrive.Kraken's documentation shows that the strategy uses leverage to generate returns by borrowing stablecoins and lists risks such as smart contracts, liquidity, bad debts, liquidation, cross-chain execution, and downstream assets, with losses shared proportionally among vault users. xStock holders do not have voting rights, dividend rights, or legal claims to the underlying stocks. The vault is currently available to the European Economic Area and other supported markets, while users from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and sanctioned countries cannot use it.

The official account of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that GNOT will be launched on September 16.Gnoland is an open-source smart contract platform developed by NewTendermint, where applications are written in Gno, a variant of the Go programming language that is interpreted and fully deterministic.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the Pump.fun team's fee wallet (2p23...v3q) transferred 77,706 SOL to Kraken 4 hours ago, worth 7.88 million USD.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, major global stock exchanges and cross-border payment giants disclosed the latest business developments in the tokenized stock ecosystem and stablecoin retail settlement, with the core dynamics as follows:Nasdaq Ventures plans to invest $100 million in Kraken's parent company, with stock tokens set to launch in 2027: Cryptocurrency exchange giant Kraken's parent company Payward announced an expansion of its strategic cooperation with Nasdaq. Nasdaq's strategic investment division, Nasdaq Ventures, has reached an agreement with Payward to inject $100 million into it. The two parties will jointly promote the operational system and commercial infrastructure of Nasdaq Equity Tokens (NETs), which are expected to officially hit the market in the second quarter of 2027, and deeply connect Payward's xStocks tokenized equity ecosystem through the established cooperation framework.MoneyGram launches stablecoin debit card, initially supporting USDC for Visa network spending: Global traditional cross-border remittance giant MoneyGram announced the launch of a payment card supported by stablecoins. This card allows users to make purchases directly within the global merchant network that accepts Visa, with the initial market set in Colombia, gradually expanding to other countries and regions over the following months. Users can register through the MoneyGram App and link the electronic card to their mobile wallet for online and offline spending, as well as transfer funds to themselves and redeem local fiat currency cash at global offline locations. Initially, the card will support USDC issued by Circle, with plans to further integrate MoneyGram's proprietary stablecoin MGUSD in the future.

According to Bloomberg, informed sources say that Nasdaq will invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, through its venture capital department to continue building infrastructure that supports stock tokenization trading.This investment brings Payward's valuation to $21 billion and further expands the partnership announced by both parties in March of this year.

The official listing account of Kraken announced that the ONEchain token ONE is now live, and users can start trading.ONE is the Gas, staking, and governance token of ONEchain. ONEchain is a network built for on-chain gaming.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that kHYPE is now live. kHYPE is a wrapped version of HYPE, fully backed by Kraken at a 1:1 ratio and can be verified on-chain.This asset can be used in DeFi on the Ink chain and can be redeemed back to the original asset at any time.

The official listing account of Kraken announced that TCS will soon be launched. TCS Blockchain is a blockchain-as-a-service platform aimed at the transportation industry, using ERC-20 tokens on Polygon to settle freight invoices without the need for traditional factoring intermediaries. The token trading will begin on September 9.

According to CoinDesk, digital bank SoFi has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to interconnect their respective financial infrastructures. Kraken's parent company Payward will join SoFi's settlement network SEN, allowing its institutional clients to transfer dollars and manage liquidity around the clock without waiting for traditional bank operating hours.Meanwhile, Kraken will launch the bank-issued stablecoin SoFiUSD from SoFi, while SoFi will use Kraken Prime as an additional source of liquidity for its clients' cryptocurrency trading. SoFi CEO Anthony Noto stated that the financial system should not close when financial markets remain open; Payward co-CEO David Ripley noted that millions of users will purchase cryptocurrency assets for the first time through the applications they use daily, and the underlying infrastructure should connect deep, liquid markets.This collaboration is part of SoFi's return to the digital asset space. SoFi has already provided cryptocurrency trading in its app and launched the dollar-backed stablecoin SoFiUSD, and in April of this year, it introduced Big Business Banking, integrating corporate banking with digital asset services. Both parties indicated that future collaborations may also expand to payments, fund management, lending, and other digital asset services.