Cryptocurrency alternate OKX and the Intercontinental Alternate (ICE), mum or dad firm of the New York Inventory Alternate, introduced that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would co-lead a three way partnership targeted on digital property.
In a Monday discover, OKX and ICE stated Cuomo, who misplaced his bid to be New York Metropolis’s mayor in 2025, would co-chair the joint challenge between the 2 firms “targeted on constructing next-generation infrastructure for tokenized and digitally native monetary merchandise.” The enterprise, which the businesses stated would permit OKX customers to “entry ICE futures and NYSE tokenized equities markets,” is topic to regulatory approval.
Cuomo has largely been out of the general public eye since his failed 2025 mayoral run, by which he stated he meant to make New York Metropolis the “world capital for cryptocurrency.” He had the endorsement of the crypto-aligned Innovate NY political motion committee (PAC), however misplaced to Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, who secured greater than 50% of the vote. The previous governor started working with OKX in 2023.
The three way partnership discover adopted a partnership between ICE and OKX introduced in March by which the previous invested an undisclosed quantity within the alternate at a $25 billion valuation. ICE’s ventures into the crypto business additionally included a $2 billion funding pledge into prediction markets platform Polymarket.
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Since taking workplace on Jan. 1, Mamdani has not introduced any vital insurance policies associated to crypto or blockchain. He confirmed in January that he holds no digital property as New York Metropolis mayor.
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