LSE brings 100 largest UK stocks onchain via Payward xStocks

The London Stock Exchange is bringing its 100 largest listed companies onto the blockchain, partnering with Payward (owner of Kraken) to launch them as tokenized xStocks. The partnership marks the latest move by a traditional exchange to use existing crypto-native infrastructure rather than build tokenized-stock rails from scratch.

• The companies will be listed as tokenized xStocks under Payward's framework.
• The deal extends the race among traditional and crypto-native platforms to bring equities onchain.