On March 5th, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), completed a strategic investment in cryptocurrency exchange OKX. This investment values OKX at $25 billion, marking a key step in the deep integration of traditional finance and the digital asset sector.
According to the cooperation agreement, OKX will provide ICE with real-time price data streams of cryptocurrencies tradable on its platform. More importantly, OKX’s over 120 million global users are expected to be able to directly trade NYSE-listed tokenized stocks and derivatives in the second half of 2026.
To support this cooperation, OKX plans to relocate 2,000 of its 5,000 employees to the United States, increasing its local investment. However, a specific timeline has not yet been announced. OKX founder and CEO Star stated that ICE will join the OKX board of directors, and both parties share a consensus on recognizing the long-term value of digital asset technology in the future financial markets.
It is understood that ICE, which owns the NYSE and a leading global derivatives and clearing platform, acquired the ice.com domain for $3.5 million several years ago, completing its brand domain layout. OKX’s official domain was acquired through the trading platform DN.com, enabling OKX to upgrade from OKEx to okx.com.
This investment is an important step for ICE in its digital asset infrastructure strategy. The two parties will collaborate on tokenized securities and the digitization of traditional assets, leveraging blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies to explore more efficient and transparent next-generation financial infrastructure and promote the deep integration of traditional finance and digital assets within a compliant framework.
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