[Kraken's parent company Payward to launch tokenized versions of over 200 UK and European stocks] According to the Wall Street Journal, Nasdaq-backed Payward will launch tokenized versions of over 200 popular UK and European stocks. Shares of companies such as Siemens, Shell, and LVMH will be tradable 24/7 in digital token form through Payward's tokenized stock framework, xStocks. Payward stated that all stocks in the London FTSE 100 and Germany's DAX indices will be included in the tokenization. Investors can trade these tokenized stocks on Payward's Kraken platform and other exchanges starting Wednesday.