
AI-generated summary
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange formed a 50-50 joint venture in June to build infrastructure for tokenized financial products. In September, the SEC issued a temporary exemption allowing limited trading of tokenized US stocks on certain onchain venues.
An OKX joint venture has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a tokenized stock trading platform.
OKXICE LLC, a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange operator OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange Inc., has notified the SEC that it intends to launch a tokenized securities venue (TSV) under the SEC’s new innovation exemption.
The platform will include more than 60 companies listed on US stock exchanges, said OKXICE co-chair Andrew Cuomo.
“This is a landmark step toward a truly global, 24/7 Wall Street — and toward keeping the future of digital finance anchored here in the United States,” he added.
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange formed a 50-50 joint venture in June to build infrastructure for tokenized financial products.
In September, the SEC issued a temporary exemption allowing limited trading of tokenized US stocks on certain onchain venues.
Under the innovation exemption, TSVs can offer permissioned trading of tokenized National Market System (NMS) stocks through automated market makers and liquidity pools.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
OKXICE LLC will receive SEC approval to launch its tokenized securities venue
Likely · Within months
Trading volume on the tokenized securities venue will grow steadily after launch
Possible · Within months

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