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On November 5, OKXICE TSV updated its public notice, with Palantir, S&P Global, KLA, Super Micro Computer and Meta joining the ranks of those opposing the tokenized trading of their shares, and the number of issuers filing objections rising from 62 on November 4 to 67. Wu Shuo said 56 of the original list of 62 had already raised objections, accounting for about 90.3%; the two materials differ on what "62" refers to.
Event timeline
- [11-06 10:34] Companies opposing OKXICE's stock tokenization plan rise to 67; more than 90% of the original list has raised objections (Wu Shuo)
- [11-06 10:34] Meta, Palantir and others oppose OKXICE tokenization; opposing companies rise to 67 (PANews)
Background and impact
On November 6, two Chinese-language crypto media outlets reported the same development: OKXICE TSV, the tokenized securities trading platform jointly established by OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), updated its public notice on November 5, with Palantir (PLTR), S&P Global (SPGI), KLA (KLAC), Super Micro Computer (SMCI) and Meta (META) having joined the ranks of those opposing the tokenized trading of their shares on the platform. According to PANews, the number of issuers submitting objections rose from 62 on November 4 to 67. Previously, Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft and other companies had already raised objections.
OKXICE is a platform established as a joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and its stock tokenization trading plan initially covered a list of listed companies. Citing a report by FOX Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, Wu Shuo said that 56 of the 62 companies OKXICE initially planned to cover had already raised objections, accounting for about 90.3%. The two materials do not refer to the same thing with the figure "62": PANews uses it as the number of issuers that had submitted objections as of November 4, and gives 67 as of November 5; Wu Shuo presents it as the size of the originally planned coverage list and says 56 of them have raised objections. As of the time described in the materials, neither side provided further explanation of the definitions; they are presented side by side as stated here, without choosing between them.
Based on the disclosed information, the objections come from the issuer side, and the new joiners span data and index providers, semiconductor equipment and server makers, and tech giants, making the coverage more dispersed than the earlier batch. Tokenized stock trading directly involves the mapping and circulation of issuers' shares on third-party platforms, and collective objections from issuers mean there is uncertainty over the actual executable scope of OKXICE's originally planned list. The materials do not show OKXICE or ICE responding to the latest batch of objections, nor do they disclose whether the platform has adjusted the list or its launch arrangements.
For ordinary users, this dispute concerns the compliance boundaries of securities tokenization and is not directly related to trading fees or rebate arrangements; topics commonly discussed in daily market conversation, such as OKX trading rebates, Huobi fee rebates, Huobi trading rebates, Zhima Kaimen fee rebates and Bitget fee rebates, mostly center on the fee costs of spot and futures trading and should not be conflated with this event. The nodes to watch going forward are the pace of updates to OKXICE's public notices and changes in the number of issuers submitting objections.
Frequently asked questions
### Which companies' stock tokenization will this opposition affect?
According to the materials, 56 of the 62 companies OKXICE initially planned to cover have raised objections, accounting for about 90.3%. The new joiners include Palantir, S&P Global, KLA, Super Micro Computer and Meta, while Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft and others had already raised objections.
### Why are there two figures, 67 and 62?
The two media outlets use different definitions: PANews says the number of issuers submitting objections rose from 62 on November 4 to 67 on November 5; Wu Shuo says 56 of the 62 companies originally planned for coverage have raised objections. The materials do not provide a unified explanation of the statistical definitions.
### What nodes should be watched going forward?
Watch the frequency and content of updates to OKXICE TSV's public notices, and whether the number of issuers submitting objections continues to rise. The materials do not disclose whether the platform has adjusted the originally planned list or its launch arrangements, nor do they show OKXICE or ICE responding to the latest batch of objections.