Payward broadens tokenized stock offering across the UK and EU

Kraken parent Payward has expanded its xStocks offering with a UK and EU batch of more than 200 tokenized equities, according to Unchained, Crypto.news and Decrypt. The companies represented include businesses associated with the FTSE 100 and DAX 40, two prominent benchmarks for large UK and German companies, bringing the broader catalogue past 1,500 tokenized assets. Crypto.news reports that the new equities are available for trading by eligible investors, while Decrypt says the UK versions cannot currently be purchased by investors based in the UK. That distinction leaves the launch's practical reach dependent on investor eligibility and jurisdiction rather than making the full selection uniformly accessible across the two European markets named in the expansion. The three outlets corroborate the scale of the release and its effect on the catalogue. Unchained and Decrypt both place the lineup above 1,500 tokenized assets after the first UK and EU batch, while Crypto.news confirms that more than 200 stocks were included. Their principal difference concerns who can transact: Crypto.news uses a broader eligible-investor description, whereas Decrypt explicitly highlights the continuing restriction on UK buyers. Unchained separately reports that a London Stock Exchange listing is not expected before 2027 at the earliest, pending regulatory approval. The product sits within Payward's wider tokenized-equities strategy, which already included more than 1,300 assets before this batch. The launch adds European market exposure but does not remove jurisdictional limits, and the possibility of an exchange listing only from 2027 at the earliest underscores the approval process attached to broader availability. The wider crypto market provides a broadly positive backdrop, although sentiment remains cautious. Total market capitalization stands at $2.54 trillion and the overall market is broadly higher, with Bitcoin up 1.72% over 24 hours. The Fear & Greed index is 29, placing the market in Fear. The next implementation points identified by the coverage are investor eligibility in the UK, regulatory approval for a potential London Stock Exchange listing, and the timing of that listing, which Unchained says could begin no earlier than 2027.