OKX said on Sept. 10 that it has launched pre-IPO perpetual contracts tied to OpenAI and Anthropic in Europe, giving traders a way to go long or short on the valuation moves of the two private AI companies with up to 10x leverage and without owning any equity. The exchange also listed 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs, including Nvidia, Alphabet, Palantir, SPY, and QQQ. According to OKX Europe CEO Erald Ghoos, trading volume for the platform’s X-Perps derivatives business in Europe has risen fourfold since the European Union’s transition period under Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, or MiCA, ended in July. The launch places OKX more directly against venues such as Hyperliquid and Binance in pre-IPO derivatives, and against Kraken and Binance in tokenized equities. The products track valuation or price movements rather than confer ownership. Users do not receive voting rights or shares, and some of the tokenized instruments can be withdrawn to self-custody wallets. The report also highlights key risks tied to pre-IPO contracts, including opaque valuation references, uncertain liquidity, and the liquidation risk that comes with 10x leverage.

Bitcoin fell below 77,000 USDT, according to market data from OKX cited by Odaily. The token was last quoted at 76,995.8 USDT, with a 24-hour decline of 0.24%. The update was published as a brief market flash and contains no additional context beyond the latest quoted price and the 24-hour move. The figures indicate that BTC moved under the 77,000 USDT level at the time of publication, based on OKX market data referenced in the report.

A whale wallet that had been inactive for 119 days moved 116,490 HYPE tokens out of OKX a few minutes before the alert, according to on-chain tracker OnchainLens. The transfer was valued at about $9.6 million based on the figures cited in the report. BlockBeats published the update on Sept. 12. The brief did not provide details on the destination address beyond saying the tokens were withdrawn from OKX, and it did not state any follow-up action linked to the funds. The report was categorized under whale activity.

Spark has opened its USDT savings vault to OKX users, allowing eligible customers to earn onchain yield on stablecoin balances from inside the OKX app without setting up a wallet or bridging funds themselves. Under the arrangement, OKX aggregates customer deposits and routes them into Spark Savings USDT on X Layer, OKX’s Ethereum Layer 2, while the funds enter the same vault contract used by other X Layer participants rather than a separate exchange-only pool. The vault currently pays 3.5%, according to the rate stored in the contract, while Spark said its total USDT savings stood at about $361 million, with nearly all of that on Ethereum. Governance previously set the X Layer vault’s supply cap at 750 million USDT and its maximum yield at 6%. Spark also disclosed how losses would be absorbed inside the Sky ecosystem and pointed to risk controls tied to X Layer, including a $5 million outbound transaction limit and a 100% capital requirement ratio for the chain buffer until further review. The product is available to eligible OKX users outside the European Union and, according to Spark, excludes countries in the European Economic Area and other jurisdictions restricted by OKX.

OKX is expanding private-company valuation trading in Europe, adding exposure tied to names such as OpenAI and Anthropic. According to CoinDesk, the exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations while also listing 100 tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. The move comes as pre-IPO trading continues to grow. The report frames the launch as part of a broader push to bring more private-market style exposure onto crypto-native trading rails. No additional details on product structure, timing beyond the report date, or specific instruments were disclosed in the source summary.

OKX will remove 18 USDⓈ spot trading pairs at 16:00 on Sept. 18, 2026, according to a newsflash carried by ChainCatcher. The pairs listed for delisting are AUDF/USDⓈ, AUDM/USDⓈ, PAXG/USDⓈ, USAT/USDⓈ, USDS/USDⓈ, PIXEL/USDⓈ, SLP/USDⓈ, WET/USDⓈ, PHA/USDⓈ, NFT/USDⓈ, VINE/USDⓈ, MET/USDⓈ, SD/USDⓈ, ZKJ/USDⓈ, GMX/USDⓈ, ACT/USDⓈ, STETH/USDⓈ, and ZEUS/USDⓈ. The platform asked affected users to cancel open orders before the trading pairs are taken offline. No image was provided in the source input, and no additional details were included beyond the delisting notice and the user reminder. The update was published by ChainCatcher on Sept. 10, 2026.

Nasdaq said on Sept. 10 that it invested $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, through one of its investment arms, valuing Payward at $21 billion after the deal. In a separate move already announced in June, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and OKX formed a 50:50 joint venture that plans to operate, subject to regulatory approval, as a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, giving OKX users access to ICE futures markets and the New York Stock Exchange’s tokenized equities market. The report also noted that Deutsche Boerse bought roughly 1.5% of Payward for $200 million in April, while the London Stock Exchange is working with Payward on xStocks tokenization for London-listed shares. Payward previously raised $800 million at a $20 billion valuation in November 2025 and confidentially filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, though its IPO has been pushed back to no earlier than the second quarter of 2027. The developments point to a broader shift: major traditional exchanges are treating crypto platforms as market infrastructure rather than rivals.

OKX has launched its "Smart Picks" strategy, according to an official announcement cited by BlockBeats on Sept. 10. The feature allows users to place multiple asset classes into a single portfolio, including crypto assets, tokenized stocks, gold, crude oil, ETF indexes and stablecoins, while setting their own target weights. The system can automatically rebalance the portfolio based on user-defined review cycles and deviation thresholds. Users can also trigger an immediate rebalance at any time. OKX said the product supports two setup modes: AI-based strategy recommendations and manual portfolio creation. The exchange said users can build portfolios around different investment themes to manage cross-asset exposure within one structure. Access is available through the in-app path "Trade" - "Strategies & Copy Trading" - "Smart Picks." The feature requires OKX App version 6.188.0 or later.