Originally reported by BlockBeats on November 11, 2026, at 21:06 UTC+8.
OKXICE, described by BlockBeats as a joint venture between OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent ICE, said it planned to launch a tokenized securities trading venue on November 23, 2026. BlockBeats reported that the venue was among the first projects under what it called the SEC’s five-year “innovation exemption” framework. A planned launch is not a completed one.
According to the report, OKXICE had confirmed 70 tokenized assets, including assets associated with Coinbase, Circle and Robinhood, and 59 ETFs. US users would need to complete onboarding and trade through its CeDeFi wallet. The report does not establish who would hold the underlying securities or what legal claim a wallet holder would have to them.
The venue also faced objections. BlockBeats reported that, as of November 5, 2026, 67 companies—including Meta, Tesla, Netflix and Costco—had exercised an exemption to keep their shares from being traded in tokenized form on OKXICE. It said some companies, including Applied Optoelectronics, worried that tokenization could confuse investors about their involvement and affect share prices and liquidity. Nasdaq opposed the exemption framework: its chief legal officer argued that trading tokenized securities outside the regulated National Market System could undermine market-data and transparency arrangements and fragment markets. Nasdaq also decided to exclude its own shares from the venue, according to the report.