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Alphabet, Microsoft add objections to OKX-ICE proposed tokenized stock platform

OKXICE, the joint venture of crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, received 16 notices of issuer objection from companies including Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs. The notices gave no specific reasons, though one expert said they could reflect uncertainty over what would happen to the companies' share prices on the platform. Co-chair Andrew Cuomo said these were not objections but companies waiting to see how the model works, and he expects more to follow. About 25% of the 62 companies proposed for the platform have objected, and the platform would run 24/7 on permissioned Uniswap v4 liquidity pools on XLayer. Each tokenized stock would be paired with one of three stablecoins: USDT, USDC or USDG.

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