{"id":75113,"date":"2026-03-05T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75113"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:32:06","slug":"nyse-owner-intercontinental-exchange-invests-in-okx-at-25b-valuation-token-spikes-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75113","title":{"rendered":"NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Invests In OKX At $25B Valuation, Token Spikes 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Intercontinental Exchange Inc<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ICE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ICE\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ICE\">ICE<\/a>) has taken a stake in crypto exchange OKX at a $25 billion valuation and will take a board seat, the companies announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>OKX\u2019s native token OKB spiked roughly 50% on the news, surging from around $78 to $120 before quickly reversing back toward $92. <\/p>\n<p>The deal started with a meeting last summer between OKX global managing partner <strong>Haider Rafique<\/strong> and ICE chairman <strong>Jeffrey Sprecher<\/strong>. What was supposed to be a 30-minute conversation reportedly turned into a four-hour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/26\/03\/50989521\/prediction-market-ban-senator-brings-legislation-forward-another-congressman-invests-in-polymarket-\">session<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Traders Get<\/h2>\n<p>OKX\u2019s roughly 120 million users will get access to ICE\u2019s U.S. futures and tokenized equities markets, with rollout expected in the second half of 2026. <\/p>\n<p>ICE will license OKX\u2019s spot crypto prices to launch U.S.-regulated crypto futures contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Sprecher said the deal will help \u201caccelerate our plans &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51075077\/nyse-owner-intercontinental-exchange-invests-in-okx-at-25b-valuation-token-spikes-50?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"NYSE\" owner intercontinental exchange invests in okx at valuation token spikes>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE) has taken a stake in crypto exchange OKX at a $25 billion valuation and will take a board seat, the companies announced Thursday. OKX\u2019s native token OKB spiked roughly 50% on the news, surging from around $78 to $120 before quickly reversing back toward $92. The deal started with a meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-75113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}