Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joins OKX's board, bringing regulatory heft as the exchange deepens ties with ICE for NYSE tokenization.
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has joined the board of directors of OKX, the cryptocurrency exchange announced Monday. Cuomo had been advising the company since 2023 on regulatory and institutional strategy for the U.S. market, according to Star Xu, OKX’s founder and CEO.
Cuomo also co-chairs OKXICE, a 50/50 joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange. The venture is building a tokenization platform for NYSE-listed stocks and futures. Cuomo’s role at the board level signals that OKX wants to deepen its ties with traditional finance, not just in product design but in governance, several people familiar with the exchange’s strategy said.
The appointment comes as OKX is rebuilding its regulatory standing in the United States after a period of retrenchment. The exchange holds active licenses in multiple jurisdictions and has been hiring compliance executives from traditional banks and broker-dealers. Cuomo, who served as New York’s governor from 2011 to 2021 and oversaw the state’s early cryptocurrency licensing framework, adds a layer of political and regulatory credibility that few crypto companies can match.
Intercontinental Exchange, the partner in the tokenization venture, carries an AlphaScala Score of 41 out of 100, a Mixed label that reflects the uncertainty around how the NYSE’s pipeline of listed assets will interact with blockchain settlement. The score is not a rating of the joint venture itself but of ICE’s broader exposure to the regulatory and execution risks that come with tokenizing traditional securities.
OKX’s board now includes a former U.S. state governor with direct experience in crypto regulation. That fact alone may shift how regulators in other jurisdictions – particularly the EU and Asia – view the exchange’s compliance posture, analysts said. Cuomo’s tenure as governor included the creation of the BitLicense framework, which was widely criticized by the crypto industry but later became a template for other states.
The joint venture has not announced a launch date for the tokenization platform. Cuomo’s official start date on the board is immediate.
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