ICE and OKX form joint venture co-chaired by Andrew Cuomo to tokenize Wall Street markets

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and crypto exchange OKX announce a joint venture aimed at connecting traditional financial markets with tokenized crypto-enabled trading infrastructure. Multiple outlets report the effort is led by ICE and OKX and co-chaired by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The companies say the goal is to enable OKX’s roughly 120 million global users to access tokenized securities and related market products tied to Wall Street exchanges.

Specifically, the partnership focuses on providing OKX customers with access to ICE futures markets and NYSE tokenized equities markets. Quartz and CoinDesk describe the venture’s purpose as bridging “tradfi and crypto” by integrating access to those U.S. market offerings through the tokenization and digital asset infrastructure. The Block adds that access is intended for OKX users both in the United States and internationally.

While details on governance and implementation are limited across the reports, all sources agree on the core components: the ICE–OKX joint venture, Cuomo’s co-chair role, and the planned availability of ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities to OKX users.