OKX and NYSE Partner to Bridge Tradfi and Crypto Markets in Joint Venture Led by Andrew Cuomo
The venture will let OKX’s 120 million users access tokenized futures and equities as ICE and Cuomo build blockchain market infrastructure.
- Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will co-chair a new joint venture between the Intercontinental Exchange and OKX, aiming to tokenize assets on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Joining Cuomo to lead the project, ICE Senior Vice President Trabue Bland aims to provide 120 million users access to ICE futures and tokenized equities, leveraging Cuomo's advisory experience since 2023.
- The venture follows ICE's roughly $200 million investment in OKX and a March announcement valuing the crypto firm at $25 billion, leveraging blockchain technology to modernize financial infrastructure.
- Cuomo told Fortune that users can "virtually walk through the front door" of the New York Stock Exchange, emphasizing the project's goal of applying blockchain technology to traditional financial assets.
- Noting the project remains subject to regulatory approvals, Cuomo said "innovation and government regulation can move forward together," as the venture aims to build modern financial infrastructure.
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Andrew Cuomo to Lead Joint TradFi-Crypto Venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would co-lead a joint venture focused on digital assets. In a Monday notice, OKX and ICE said Cuomo, who lost his bid to be New York City’s mayor in 2025, would co-chair the joint project between the two companies “focused on building next-generation infrastructure for tokenized …
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo to co-chair joint venture between NYSE owner and crypto exchange OKX
One of New York’s most prominent politicians is pivoting to digital assets. Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York and a New York City mayoral candidate in 2025, will co-chair a joint venture between the owner of the New York Stock Exchange and the crypto exchange OKX, the two companies announced on Monday. The project will focus on taking NYSE-listed assets and tokenizing them, or putting them into blockchain wrappers, said an OKX spokes…
ICE, OKX Bridge Traditional and Digital Asset Markets
Intercontinental Exchange, one of the world’s leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, and OKX, one of the world’s largest global blockchain technology company serving more than 120 million customers worldwide, announced the formation of their joint venture focused on building next-generation infrastructure for tokenized and digitally native financial products. Subject to certain regulatory appro…
OKX and NYSE Form Joint Venture to Bridge TradFi and Crypto Under Andrew Cuomo’s Leadership
TL;DR: The joint venture is structured as a 50% partnership between Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the crypto platform. The cooperation agreement aims to provide access to tokenized NYSE shares and ICE futures to a global base of 120 million users. The new entity will operate under the leadership of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, serving as co-chairman of the infrastructure project. Thi…
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