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  "title": "Sources: Nasdaq is investing $100M in Kraken parent Payward, valuing the cryptocurrency exchange at $21B; Kraken will distribute Nasdaq's tokenized stocks (Katherine Doherty/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/sources-nasdaq-is-investing-100m-in-kraken-parent-payward-valuing-the-6586149",
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  "published": "2026-09-10T11:25:01.000Z",
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