# Kraken Parent Payward Brings 200 UK and EU Stocks Onchain as xStocks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kraken-parent-payward-brings-200-uk-and-eu-stocks-onchain-as-xstocks/
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:46:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:35:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Decrypt
- Original article: https://decrypt.co/383000/kraken-parent-payward-brings-200-uk-and-eu-stocks-onchain-as-xstocks
- Topics: Business, Europe, Markets, UK, World

## Key points

- Payward added more than 200 UK and European shares to xStocks.
- The tokens are backed one-to-one by shares held by a regulated custodian.
- UK investors cannot trade the new tokens.

## Summary

Payward, Kraken’s parent company, has added more than 200 UK and European shares to its xStocks tokenisation platform, expanding the range of traditional investments available as blockchain tokens. The launch matters because it extends the platform’s international reach, although the new tokens are not available to investors in the UK.

Each token is backed one-to-one by a share held by a regulated custodian, and can be traded on Kraken, other xStocks Alliance platforms and supported blockchains including Solana, Ethereum and TON. The additions take xStocks beyond 1,500 tokenised stocks, ETFs and IPOs; Payward says the platform has over $1.1 billion in assets, $45 billion in transaction volume and more than 550,000 holders. The shares are the first delivered through Payward’s partnership with brokerage firm GTN, with hundreds of Hong Kong listings expected in the coming weeks.

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