Kraken Parent Payward Swaps Its Headline Metric, Reports $487 Million in Q3 Platform Margin

Article Unchained Saturday, 14 November 2026 10 reads

Payward's new lead figure, total platform margin, rose 12% from the second quarter and fell 12% from a year earlier. Unlike Adjusted Revenue, now shown only for comparison, it takes out the staking rewards Payward pays clients.

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