Intercontinental Exchange and OKX have established a 50-50 joint venture to build next-generation infrastructure for CAPITAL MARKETS TECH and digitally native financial products, following ICE’s March 2026 minority investment in OKX at a $25 billion valuation. Subject to regulatory approval, the venture, to be co-chaired by ICE and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, will operate as a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, enabling OKX’s 120 million customers to access ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities, while ICE will license OKX spot crypto prices for its own regulated futures products. The deal follows OKX’s May 2026 launch of perpetual futures tied to ICE’s Brent and WTI crude oil benchmarks, and positions the combined venture at the intersection of Wall Street’s clearing and settlement infrastructure and blockchain-native trading at a global scale.

ICE, OKX Form Crypto Joint Venture