Payward Acquires First Fully Licensed US Crypto Derivatives Firm for $550M crypto.news By:Peace Longe 18 April 2026 at 00:10 Payward, the parent company of Kraken, agreed to acquire Bitnomial, the first US crypto derivatives platform to hold all three CFTC licenses simultaneously, for up to $550 million in cash and stock, in a deal that values Payward at $20β¦