PAYWARD INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PAYWARD INTERACTIVE, INC. D/B/A KRAKEN)

Lobbying for PAYWARD INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PAYWARD INTERACTIVE, INC. D/B/A KRAKEN) · Digital Asset Exchange

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 19, 2026

Expenses

$460,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 6

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 2

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to Kraken's U.S. business operations including our centralized exchange and bank, among other products and services; crypto legislation and draft crypto legislation; draft senate market structure digital asset legislation, including: S. 4356: Responsible Financial Innovation Act, S. 3755 - Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act, H.R. 3633-Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 or the CLARITY Act of 2025, and all provisions related to centralized exchange functions and market structure affecting the treatment of digital assets.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to Kraken's U.S. business operations including our centralized exchange and bank, among other products and services; crypto legislation and draft crypto legislation, including: H.R.1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, S.2207-Lummis Tax Package, and all provisions related to tax legislation affecting the treatment of digital assets.

Bills named in this filing 2

S. 4356
Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act
S. 3755
Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.