Payward, Inc. (Kraken)

Pre-IPO issuer

ipo filed CONFIDENTIAL-S1

Payward, Inc. (Kraken) IPO research page with SEC filing history, offering status, deal terms, structured filing extracts, company news, and comparable IPO context. Latest filing: CONFIDENTIAL-S1 on 2025-11-19.

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CONFIDENTIAL-S1 filed

Confidential registration lead

Forge Global's June 11, 2026 update says Kraken confidentially filed its S-1 in November 2025 and initially targeted a Q1 2026 listing before pausing those plans in March 2026 because of market conditions. Banking Dive reported on April 14, 2026 that co-CEO Arjun Sethi publicly confirmed the confidential filing. The original filing report came from Reuters via Yahoo Finance on November 19, 2025, which said Kraken had confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO.

June 2026 research continues to identify Kraken as a confidential U.S. IPO filer, with the filing traced to November 19, 2025 and later confirmed publicly by co-CEO Arjun Sethi in April 2026, although the original Q1 2026 listing timetable was reportedly paused.

2025-11-19 · CONFIDENTIAL-0B6992E88A403D60A59D

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Recent News

Kraken Upcoming IPO: Inside the crypto exchange's path to going public

Forge Global · 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Kraken co-CEO confirms IPO filing

Banking Dive · 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Crypto exchange Kraken confidentially files for US IPO

Yahoo Finance / Reuters · 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z