# OKX Wants to Handle More Than Your Crypto: Digital Dollars, Stocks and AI Agents

> Circle, Ripple and SC Ventures back OKX at a $25 billion valuation as it pursues tokenized stock trading and launches stablecoin payments app OKX Money.

By Lidia Yadlos · October 6, 2026

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Save in digital dollars. Spend through a card. Trade stocks outside Wall Street’s usual hours. Give an AI agent instructions it can turn into financial activity.

That is the broader picture emerging from OKX’s announcements in Singapore this week.

At its October 6 OKX Now event, the company introduced OKX Money and demonstrated new AI trading tools. Alongside those announcements, its joint venture with the owner of the New York Stock Exchange is pursuing around-the-clock trading in tokenized U.S. stocks.

The expansion comes with fresh backing. Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures and Qube Research & Technologies participated in financing that values OKX at **$25 billion**, according to [reporting citing Bloomberg](https://www.lookonchain.com/feeds/75544). The amount invested was not disclosed; $25 billion is the company’s valuation, not the size of the raise.

The products explain why the story goes beyond funding. OKX is trying to become useful throughout a customer’s financial life—and increasingly, to the agents acting on their behalf.

[Post from @star\_okx on X](https://twitter.com/star_okx/status/2107452864033690094?s=20)

## OKX Money Brings Stablecoins Into Everyday Spending

The most immediately accessible announcement is [OKX Money](https://money.okx.com/), a standalone app that combines digital-dollar balances, transfers, rewards and card payments.

According to [OKX’s launch announcement](https://www.okx.com/learn/okx-money-launch-select-markets), customers can fund accounts using more than **50 currencies**, which convert into dollar-backed stablecoins. Supported assets include **USDG, USDC and USDT**, with no conversion fees between those supported stablecoins.

The app’s offer extends beyond holding money. Qualifying customers can earn **up to 10% APY on eligible USDG balances**, without staking or a required lockup. OKX also advertises **up to 10% cashback on eligible purchases**, alongside virtual and physical cards. Rates, eligibility and availability vary by location.

The [product website](https://money.okx.com/) says rewards are paid weekly while balances remain available to spend. Its card can be used online or in stores wherever Mastercard is accepted, and OKX advertises zero foreign-exchange fees on card spending.

For an eligible customer, the practical appeal is having fewer steps between holding digital dollars and using them: fund the account, keep a stablecoin balance, send money or pay with the card.

OKX says roughly **70% of the people it wants to reach have never used a crypto application**. That helps explain the standalone design. The intended customer may care about access to dollars and the cost of spending abroad long before they care about the blockchain underneath.

The initial rollout targets participating markets, including parts of Latin America, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.

[Post from @okx on X](https://twitter.com/okx/status/2107335039264415876?s=20)

## Stocks Are Becoming Part of the Same Ambition

Alongside payments, OKX is expanding the range of assets customers can access.

[Reuters reported on October 5](https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/okx-joint-venture-files-with-sec-to-launch-tokenized-trading-platform-4931004) that OKXICE, the joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, filed with the SEC to launch a platform for around-the-clock trading in tokenized U.S. stocks. The proposal covers more than **60 listed companies**.

ICE, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, [invested in OKX in March](https://ir.theice.com/press/news-details/2026/ICE-Makes-Investment-in-OKX-Establishing-Strategic-Relationship/) at the same $25 billion valuation. That relationship already outlined plans involving regulated crypto futures, tokenized equities and broader access to financial markets.

At the Singapore event, OKX also outlined plans for its own tokenized-stock product, **X-RWA**, and options linked to traditional assets, according to [event coverage](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/26942). These are planned additions, rather than evidence that every announced product is available today.

The direction is clear: customers who arrived to trade crypto are being offered more reasons to stay.

An investor in Asia might want to respond to U.S. company news without waiting for New York’s opening bell. Someone already holding digital assets might want access to stock markets through familiar trading tools.

Whether these services deliver that convenience will depend on availability, liquidity and the rights attached to each product. A tokenized share and a derivative tracking a stock’s price can offer very different forms of exposure.

## AI Agents Add Another Kind of Customer

The AI announcements make this expansion more interesting.

At OKX Now, the company demonstrated an **AI Bot that turns everyday language into trading strategies**. The bot was described as nearing launch, without a firm release date.

The idea is straightforward: describe the strategy you want instead of building every part manually. The important next step is making sure the resulting instructions match what the user intended before money is committed.

This demonstration sits alongside infrastructure OKX introduced earlier in the year.

Its [Agentic Wallet](https://www.okx.com/en-us/learn/agentic-wallet) lets agents execute blockchain transactions while keeping private keys out of the model’s reach. OKX describes safeguards including transaction simulation, plain-language explanations and risk checks that block transactions classified as critical.

Then there is [OKX AI](https://www.okx.com/en-us/learn/okx-ai), the agent marketplace launched in July. Developers can offer services through agents, while other agents can find those services and pay for completed work. Payments use **USDT or USDG**, with arrangements for both multi-step jobs and individual service calls. Builders can set spending limits and restrict which counterparties an agent may use.

[Post from @okx on X](https://twitter.com/okx/status/2107086196056694798?s=20)

That is a concrete connection between stablecoins and the agent economy. An agent completing a job may need to purchase data or hire another agent for part of the work. A wallet gives it a way to hold and move funds; stablecoins provide a payment method; permissions determine what it may spend.

These are separate products at different stages of development. Together, however, they show the scope of OKX’s ambition.

OKX Money targets people who want digital dollars they can use. Tokenized-stock initiatives expand what customers can invest in. Agent tools give software a way to participate in financial activity with authorization.

The question now is how much of that activity becomes routine: customers paying with stablecoins, investors using the new markets, and agents completing useful work within clear limits. That will tell us more about OKX’s next chapter than the valuation alone.