AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vida Global, Inc. (NYSE American: VIDA, NYSE Texas: VIDA, “Vida” or “the Company”), an AI Agent Operating System for businesses, announced today the listing of its tokenized equity on xStocks, the industry-leading tokenized equities framework developed by Payward, broadening investor access across more than 110 countries worldwide.This listing of the VIDAx tokenized asset follows Vida’s recent initial public offering on the NYSE American LLC and NYSE Texas, Inc., marking its entry into the U.S. public capital markets. The addition of Vida’s tokenized equity to Payward’s suite of xStocks represents a significant expansion enabling eligible non-U.S. investors to gain economic exposure to Vida shares through digital assets.“We are committed to embracing capital markets innovation by making Vida accessible to investors everywhere,” said Lyle Pratt, Founder and CEO, Vida. “Our listing on the xStocks platform through Kraken opens a meaningful new channel to international investors who are increasingly engaging with U.S. equities through digital assets. We believe when combined with our NYSE American and NYSE Texas listings, Vida’s tokenized equity access presents a strong foundation for building a truly global investor base.”xStocks has rapidly emerged as the largest provider of tokenized equities, with over $30 billion in combined transaction volume and more than 125,000 unique holders globally. The framework supports over 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs, and is built to be multi-chain and interoperable by design, enabling assets to move seamlessly across wallets, protocols, and trading venues. As a tokenized asset, VIDAx will integrate seamlessly across the xStocks ecosystem, unlocking use cases beyond simple exposure, and is available for trading on the Kraken platform today.ABOUT VIDAVida is an AI agent operating system that enables businesses to build, deploy, manage, and monetize AI agents capable of running business operations and communications. The platform is model-agnostic, orchestrating across Vida’s proprietary technology and leading large language models and AI systems, including OpenClaw, to deliver intelligent, full-stack agents across industries. Vida serves direct enterprise customers and a global network of resellers, agencies, and partners. For more information, visit https://vida.io.ABOUT PAYWARDPayward, Inc. is a unified financial infrastructure platform that powers a family of products advancing an open, global financial system. Built on a single shared architecture, Payward enables customers to hold, trade, earn, pay, and invest across asset classes without friction or fragmentation.At its core, Payward provides the infrastructure layer behind Kraken and a growing set of purpose-built products, including NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, and CF Benchmarks.Payward separates infrastructure from product expression. Each product surface is designed for a specific customer segment, regulatory regime, and use case, while operating on the same global foundation.