The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has invested in cryptocurrency exchange OKX, valuing it at $25 billion.This investment aims to promote the development of blockchain-based stock trading business, showing that traditional financial institutions are accelerating their deployment in the field of encryption and blockchain infrastructure. After the announcement, the price of OKB rose rapidly from a low of US$77.24, reaching a maximum of US$124.22 in 24 hours, and the single-day trading volume exceeded US$500 million. ICE’s minority equity investment was officially confirmed, with a valuation locked at US$25 billion, and the terms and conditions were not disclosed. The core of cooperation between the two parties is directly related to infrastructure docking. OKX opens the real-time crypto spot price feed to ICE for ICE to launch compliant crypto futures products.Conversely, OKX will allow 120 million global users to directly trade tokenized stocks and related derivatives listed on the NYSE. The function is scheduled to be launched in the second half of 2026, subject to final regulatory approval.