16 Issuers Object to Stock Tokens on OKX-ICE Venue

Sixteen listed companies, including Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs, have told the OKXICE venue they object to trading tokens of their shares. That is according to the venue's updated public notice dated Oct. 19, 2026, which Cointelegraph reported on Oct. 20.

Details

OKXICE is a 50⁠–⁠50 joint venture of OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the NYSE. It plans to trade tokenized shares of US companies around the clock under a temporary SEC exemption, published on Sept. 22, 2026. The venue is not registered with the SEC as an exchange, and the commission has not passed on the contents of the notice. The first notice with the token list came out on Oct. 4; The Block covered it on Oct. 5.

Under the exemption, the venue must notify an issuer in advance, and the issuer may object. The Oct. 19 document lists 16 objectors: Cerebras, AppLovin, Applied Digital, Rocket Lab, CoreWeave, Verizon, Applied Optoelectronics, Broadcom, UnitedHealth, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Caterpillar, McDonald's, Western Digital and Alphabet. The notice gives no reasons. Cointelegraph puts this at about a quarter of the companies on the proposed list, and says OKXICE co-chair Andrew Cuomo expects more objections because some issuers don't want to be first.

What this means for the market

Tokenized equities are one of the fastest-moving areas where crypto meets traditional markets, and competition is growing: Securitize already trades tokens of 12 US stocks on Solana. Issuer objections don't block the OKXICE launch itself, but they take those companies' shares off the venue's list. The notice does not say how many tokens will remain or when trading will start.

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