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International Crypto Exchange Okx extends its presence in the United States.
On Wednesday, the company launched its trading platform in 46 states and Washington, DC OKX also announced the appointment of a new American CEO: Barclays and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Roshan Robert. The Crypto Exchange has also set up a new headquarters in San Jose, California.
In addition, OKX has unveiled a new self-careful portfolio which supports more than 130 blocks of blocks and allows users to exchange tokens, move assets through different channels, explore non-failing tokens and access popular web3 applications.
The push is part of a rebranding effort: the old Okcoin exchange, OKX American entity, will fold its brand and work under the name OKX in the future. Existing users of the old platform will now have access to deeper liquidity, low costs and advanced trading tools, said Robert.
OKX was created in China in 2013 and is now based in the Seychelles. It operates in more than 100 countries.
“ A new alternative ” in the United States
The news comes as regulatory tides are changing, with an American pro-Crypto government since President Donald Trump took the reins in January.
Until now, in 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned several cases against cryptographic societies, in particular by rejecting civil action against Coinbase. The agency has also said that most of the mecoins are not titles, opening the way to exchange operators to list more parts without risk of application of regulations. In addition, the Ministry of Justice has ended its national cryptocurrency application team.
Robert told CNBC that the company was “well on the verge of playing a leadership role” in the United States and spoke of the importance of customer choice and conformity.
“What we bring to the United States is a new alternative, where we no longer give them the freedom to choose,” he said. “We do this with a solid architecture of risk management and risks that we have built in the past year … We will provide retail users with fiat capacities on ramps, low costs, deep liquidity … and we will provide institutional customers with compliance with institutional rates.”
OKX is the exchange of cryptocurrency points in fifth row worldwide depending on traffic, liquidity, trading volumes and confidence in the legitimacy of the trading volumes reported, according to CoinmarketCap. Binance, by bit, Jamming and the highest South Korean Upbit rank.
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