OKX Adds AI Skills to Employee Performance Reviews
OKX has announced that it will incorporate artificial-intelligence skills into employee performance evaluations beginning in September. The move formalizes AI fluency as an internal performance metric, extending the exchange’s broader push into AI-enabled products, developer tools and automated on-chain workflows.
OKX Lets Institutions Use BlackRock’s BUIDL as Trading Collateral
OKX has begun allowing eligible institutional and VIP clients to use BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund, BUIDL, as collateral for margin and derivatives trading. The arrangement places the assets in regulated off-exchange custody with Standard Chartered, creating a yield-bearing collateral corridor for institutional crypto traders.
Intercontinental Exchange buys stake in OKX, valuing the crypto exchange at $25 billion
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, said on that it invested in cryptocurrency exchange OKX at a $25 billion valuation, formalizing a strategic tie-up between a legacy market operator and a major crypto-native venue. This investment positions ICE to participate directly in the next phase of tokenized market infrastructure rather […]
Gen Z Used Crypto to Pay for Dates, OKX Survey Finds
An OKX-commissioned Pollfish survey conducted in January 2026 suggested that crypto is starting to show up in day-to-day spending for younger cohorts, not just as an investment. It found that 13% of Gen Z respondents said they had used cryptocurrency to pay for date-related expenses, a signal that practical usage is emerging in social settings […]