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BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership

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BNY and Kraken parent Payward are in talks over a possible infrastructure partnership that would touch several parts of crypto and finance. One report says the discussions cover six areas, including crypto custody, trading and payments. Another frames the possible arrangement as part of the connection between crypto infrastructure and traditional finance.

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BNY is in talks with Kraken parent Payward over a broad financial-infrastructure partnership.
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The potential arrangement could cover digital assets, custody, trading, payments, and wealth management.
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The possible arrangement is described as touching crypto infrastructure and its links with traditional finance.
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Kraken parent Payward has entered talks with BNY over a potential partnership covering six areas, including crypto custody, trading and payments.

What it means

Banks, crypto users, and firms that move assets between the two sectors would notice this if the talks become a working arrangement, because the proposed scope reaches custody, trading, payments, and wealth management. That would place more day-to-day activity around digital assets inside a larger financial-services setup, while keeping the discussions at the level of a potential partnership for now. (per coindesk.com)

In practice, the main change is that the relationship would extend beyond a single service and into several market-infrastructure functions at once. What stays the same is that this is still only a discussion, so the current rules around what BNY and Payward can do have not been described as changing yet.

What remains unknown is the shape of any final agreement, since the reports do not say whether the talks will produce one or how the six areas would be divided between the two firms. A signed deal, if one emerges, would be the point that settles the scope and the services actually included. (per cryptobriefing.com)

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