Why Are ICE and OKX Building a Joint Venture? Intercontinental Exchange and OKX are forming a 50-50 joint venture to develop infrastructure for tokenized and digitally native financial products, marking a deeper link between a major U.S. market operator and one of the world's largest crypto exchanges. The venture, which remains subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to operate as a U.S.-registered broker- dealer and Futures Commission Merchant. Its immediate purpose is to enable OKX customers in the U ...