[Payward, Kraken's Parent Company, Completes Acquisition of Bitnomial, Secures U.S. Crypto Derivatives Licenses] According to The Block, Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has completed the acquisition of Bitnomial, thereby obtaining full derivatives licenses issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), including licenses for Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), Designated Contract Market (DCM), and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO). Payward Co-CEO Arjun Sethi stated that the company will first introduce spot margin services on Kraken, followed by the launch of perpetual contracts and options products. Bitnomial is a Chicago-based crypto-native exchange that holds three licenses issued by the CFTC, enabling it to operate a full-stack domestic digital asset derivatives business.