$25 billion valuation! OKX is seriously on fire this time The market is still fluctuating, but OKX has delivered an impressive report card at this moment. After receiving strategic investment from ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, in March this year, OKX has now announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with a pre-money valuation reaching $25 billion! What does this mean? In the entire crypto industry, this is already a top-tier valuation. Especially in the current market environment, securing support from traditional financial giants is no easy feat. And the institutions participating in this investment are top-notch: - **Circle**: The issuer behind USDC - **Ripple**: Focused on payments, stablecoins, and liquidity infrastructure - **QRT**: A global quantitative investment firm and a key liquidity partner of OKX - **SC Ventures**: The investment and incubation arm of Standard Chartered Bank Adding ICE to the mix, the lineup of traditional financial players backing OKX is becoming increasingly impressive. I think the most noteworthy aspect of this round of financing is the identity of the investors. These institutions already have business collaborations with OKX, and now they’ve taken it a step further by becoming shareholders. This clearly opens up greater opportunities for collaboration in areas like stablecoins, institutional liquidity, asset custody, and RWA (real-world assets). Couple this with the recent filing by OKX and ICE’s joint venture platform, OKXICE, with the U.S. SEC for a tokenized securities trading platform, and the overall strategy becomes even clearer. OKX’s business ambitions are gradually expanding from crypto trading into the traditional financial markets. From **X Layer**, tokenized stocks, TradFi derivatives, to OKX Money for everyday users, everything is moving in this direction. I’m particularly excited about **OKX Money**. Built on X Layer, it’s a self-custody smart account that will enable transfers, payments, and savings centered around stablecoins. Regular users will be able to experience the convenience of on-chain finance more directly. From being an exchange to venturing into payments, asset management, and even on-chain stock markets, OKX is truly pushing the boundaries of its business. Of course, how much of this valuation and strategic layout will translate into actual growth depends on future execution. But the fact that OKX has managed to bring together institutions like the NYSE’s parent company, Circle, Ripple, and Standard Chartered into its ecosystem already speaks volumes about its influence in the traditional financial world. Old Xu is definitely playing a big game here. Can’t wait for ethereum:0x75231f58b43240c9718dd58b4967c5114342a86c to pump hard in the next bull run! @star_okx @Haiteng_okx @Cayne_okx @misaENFP