London Stock Exchange Group has taken a governance seat on the Canton Network, a blockchain built for regulated institutions, through its Digital Settlement House service for commercial bank money.

The London Stock Exchange has agreed a partnership with Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, to bring the UK's biggest listed companies onto the blockchain. Under the deal announced on Tuesday, Payward will issue the 100 largest London-listed companies as xStocks, its tokenised equ

Existing shareholders (early employees, angels, seed funds) can transact in controlled, periodic windows without the company losing its private status or triggering the ongoing reporting obligations of an MTF or public exchange.