On November 11, 2026, BlockBeats reported that OKXICE, the joint venture of cryptocurrency exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent of the New York Stock Exchange, announced it would formally launch its Tokenized Securities Venue (TSV) on November 23. The venue was presented as one of the first projects to go live under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s five-year “Innovation Exemption” framework.
OKXICE had confirmed 70 tokenized assets. These cover issuer assets from companies including Coinbase, Circle, and Robinhood, together with 59 ETFs. U.S. users can trade only through the venue’s CeDeFi wallet after completing onboarding.
The plan has met resistance from established firms. As of November 5, 67 companies—including Meta, Tesla, Netflix, and Costco—had exercised exemption rights and explicitly refused to have their shares tokenized for trading on OKXICE. Some issuers, such as Applied Optoelectronics, have said they worry tokenization could confuse investors about the extent of company participation and could affect share prices and liquidity.
Nasdaq has publicly opposed the exemption framework. Its chief legal officer stated that allowing tokenized securities to trade outside the regulated National Market System (NMS) would undermine the market-data and transparency framework and could fragment the market. Nasdaq has decided to keep its own stock off the venue.
Source: BlockBeats, published November 11, 2026.
