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all of this is cool, but i wanted to figure out who @Payward actually is and what Kraken has to do with it tldr: it's the top-level parent company, and Kraken and xStocks sit under it along with some Bitnomial and NinjaTrader, which got acquired for one main reason, they
AI visual note: The image is a flowchart illustrating the corporate and trading relationships within the "Payward Perimeter," showing Payward, Inc. (parent company, valued at $2.51B as of September 2026) as the top entity that owns NinjaTrader (clearing/retail), Bitnomial Exchange (DCE), and Bitnomial Clearinghouse, while a US client at $1.58 trades through NinjaTrader, with Hyperliquid sitting outside the perimeter for matched but not cleared tokenized equities, all regulated by the CFTC. This diagram visually supports the post's explanation that Payward is the overarching parent company with Kraken, NinjaTrader, and Bitnomial operating under it.