OKX, a prominent blockchain technology and trading company catering to over 120 million customers worldwide, has partnered with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a leading provider of financial market technology and data, to introduce perpetual futures based on ICE’s Brent Crude and WTI Crude energy benchmarks. This new offering is set to be accessible for trading on OKX’s platform in jurisdictions where the company is permitted to distribute perpetual futures products.
The collaboration marks a significant leap in enhancing regulated access to global commodity markets via digital asset infrastructure. This partnership stems from a strategic relationship established between OKX and ICE in March 2026. ICE is known for operating some of the world’s foremost exchanges, clearing houses, and market data services across various sectors, including energy, commodities, fixed income, and equities.
The perpetual contracts that OKX will offer are expected to be anchored by ICE’s futures prices for Brent and WTI, both of which are among the most referenced oil benchmarks globally. “Oil markets are critical to the world economy. ICE’s Brent and WTI futures markets provide the benchmark prices that energy traders everywhere rely on. Bringing them into regulated perpetual futures is exactly the kind of bridge between traditional and digital markets that market participants have been asking for,” commented Haider Rafique, Global Managing Partner at OKX. He emphasized that this launch facilitates retail traders’ access to essential energy benchmarks within a regulated and transparent framework, representing a pivotal advancement in the modernization of financial markets.
By integrating these globally respected commodity benchmarks into regulated digital markets, OKX and ICE are paving new avenues for users to tap into vital energy markets. Trabue Bland, Senior Vice President, Futures Exchanges at ICE, noted, “These new OKX perpetual contracts, based on ICE’s deep, liquid, transparent, and global oil markets, allow OKX’s customer base of 120 million retail traders to access energy benchmark products.”
This launch coincides with a growing interest in tokenized finance, regulated derivatives, and real-world asset products on a global scale. For OKX, it symbolizes a broader strategy aimed at expanding regulated infrastructure and developing products intended for sustainable engagement in international financial markets. The company remains committed to investing in licensed market expansion, institutional infrastructure, and innovative products that connect digital assets with conventional financial markets.
