Intercontinental Exchange holds a qualifying seat on OKX and plans to offer tokenized NYSE stocks and derivatives to users of the crypto exchange in 2026.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has invested $25 billion in cryptocurrency exchange OKX and will take a seat on the company’s board, according to an announcement on Thursday.
ICE has invested an undisclosed amount in OKX as part of its push for blockchain technology and tokenized shares, the announcement said.
OKX offers ICE with live prices of crypto assets on its platform. OKX also provides access to the US ICE futures and NYSE securities markets to a customer base of approximately 120 million accounts. It is expected that this integration will be implemented in the second half of 2026.
Haider Rafique, global managing partner of OKX, said the two companies have a strong strategic alignment in their vision of tokenization and traditional finance (TradFi).
“There was great chemistry in how we looked at the world and the future of tokenized securities, how derivatives should take it to the global stage, how TradFi (and) digital assets should come together,” Rafique said.
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ICE’s investment in OKX is the company’s latest foray into the crypto industry.
In January, ICE said it was developing its own blockchain-based trading infrastructure for tokenized securities.
In November 2025, it announced plans to invest $2 billion in prediction market platform Polymarket in a deal that valued the startup at $9 billion.
OKX did not immediately respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment.
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