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NYSE parent ICE has partnered with OKX to launch ICE Brent and ICE WTI Perp Futures, bringing the world's top oil benchmarks onto a crypto exchange for the first time. As the de facto setter of global crude pricing, this marks a new chapter in TradFi-crypto convergence. ICE invested in OKX at a $25B valuation and took a board seat earlier this year; oil perps deepen that tie. With US-Iran tensions unresolved and prices swinging, crude is becoming a new macro play for crypto traders.
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OKX officially launches ICE Brent and ICE WTI crude oil perpetual contracts!
◼️Global Benchmark: Bringing the world’s top crude oil benchmarks to OKX
◼️Empowering Users: Providing compliant access to the energy market for over 120 million users
◼️Market Infrastructure: OKX partners with ICE to jointly bring traditional market infrastructure into the next era
Now, on the world’s leading digital asset platform, seize the pulse of global core energy

The world's most important oil benchmarks are about to land on a crypto exchange.
OKX is launching ICE Brent and ICE WTI Perp Futures, licensed directly from Intercontinental Exchange, the company that owns the NYSE and effectively sets global crude pricing. These are perpetual contracts, meaning no expiry, no rolling, no physical delivery. Just pure price exposure to oil, 24/7.
The backstory matters. ICE invested ~$200M in OKX at a $25B valuation back in March, took a board seat, and started building toward exactly this. Less than three months later, the first product is about to go live.
The timing is not a coincidence. Brent has swung between $96 and $126 this month alone as US-Iran deal talks keep flipping between "almost done" and "falling apart." That kind of vol used to be something only commodity desks could trade. Soon it will be accessible to OKX's 120M+ users in licensed regions.
What makes this different from existing crypto-native oil products: the pricing comes directly from ICE, the same source Wall Street energy desks rely on.
Would you trade oil perps alongside your crypto positions, or is this a market you would rather stay out of?
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