OKX and ICE start joint venture to bridge crypto and NYSE

A new joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, aims to build regulated infrastructure connecting digital and traditional financial markets. The partnership, announced on Monday, June 22, 2026, will be led by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Subject to regulatory approvals, the venture intends to operate as a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant. Its primary goal is to provide OKX’s more than 120 million global users with access to ICE futures contracts and tokenized versions of NYSE-listed equities through a compliant, blockchain-enabled platform.

Trabue Bland, a senior vice president at ICE, described the initiative as a step toward building the infrastructure that will define how global markets operate in the decades ahead. Cuomo, who began working with OKX in 2023, stated that the next chapter of financial markets will be defined by how well innovation and government regulation can move forward together. He said the partnership combines OKX’s blockchain technology with ICE’s trusted market infrastructure to help build a more modern, transparent, and resilient...