OKX and ICE launch joint venture to connect U.S. tokenized equities with global crypto users

OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced a joint venture aimed at connecting traditional financial markets with tokenized markets, with the initiative designed to link ICE’s futures and NYSE tokenized equity infrastructure to OKX’s global user base. Multiple reports say the venture could provide OKX’s roughly 120 million users access to ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities, subject to regulatory approvals ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

According to coverage of the announcement, the joint venture is expected to operate as a registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, pending required approvals. The initiatives are also described as being supported by additional market exploration involving blockchain-enabled opportunities, and Andrew Cuomo is cited as leading the market infrastructure effort ^{[1] [4] [3]}.

The OKX-ICE partnership announced on June 22, 2026 centers on building tokenized-market access between U.S. exchanges and OKX’s large crypto user network, with broker-dealer and futures-commission-merchant operations contingent on approvals ^{[1] [3]}.