Evening Wrap: Twenty-Two Firms Opt Out of OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Venue

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Major Firms Opt Out of OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Pilot

Twenty-two public companies, including Microsoft and Alphabet, formally blocked their shares from trading on the SEC-approved OKX and ICE tokenized venue.

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Treasury Issuers Divert Capital From Bitcoin Purchases

Strategy raised its preferred stock buyback cap to $3 billion, while Strive priced a $700 million offering with a 15% dividend rate.

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ECB Frames Digital Euro as Defense for EU Sovereignty

European Central Bank board member Piero Cipollone said the digital euro will protect the region's payment sovereignty from foreign dependency.

The numbers

Bitcoin trades flat at $80,362 with market dominance at 60.7 percent, while total crypto market capitalization remains at $2.65 trillion.

What to watch

• Market infrastructure developments synchronizing OKX-ICE on-chain pricing with traditional consolidated tapes.
• EU lawmakers concluding digital euro regulatory framework negotiations by year-end.
• Strategy shareholder vote on daily preferred dividends scheduled for Oct. 28.

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