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, who lost a 2025 run for New York City mayor to Zohran Mamdani, will co-chair a venture by ICE and OKX focused on crypto futures and tokenized equities.
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…
OKX taps Andrew Cuomo for bold NYSE tokenization venture
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