How to Build a $25 Billion Everything Exchange | DAS NYC 2026 | Day 3 | Empire
At DAS NYC 2026, OKX’s global managing partner Haidider announced a $25 billion fundraising round, underscoring the exchange’s ambition to become a universal venue for crypto and tokenized traditional assets, especially in the United States. The raise was described as “miserable” due to heightened scrutiny on Asian‑origin firms, but OKX leveraged its profitability, a network of licenses across Europe, Latin America, Turkey, Australia and Singapore, and a unified order‑book that promises lower slippage for weekend and cross‑border trades. A strategic investment from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) supplies institutional credibility and a pathway to NYSE‑backed tokenized equities and futures. Haidider highlighted that OKX already runs a 24/7 market for ten years, operates a wallet with native support for more than 130 chains, and offers an advanced trading interface that rivals centralized platforms. He noted the firm is “a year or two ahead” of other Asian exchanges in entering the US and expects its global liquidity to unlock demand for tokenized US stocks worldwide. If OKX successfully launches tokenized securities in the US, it could reshape market structure by blurring the line between crypto venues and traditional exchanges, pressure incumbents like Coinbase and Nasdaq, and accelerate institutional adoption of on‑chain assets. The partnership also signals that regulators may become more receptive to cross‑border, tokenized finance.
Unpacking Crypto's Value Accrual Problem | DAS NYC 2026 | Day 3 | Empire
The panel at DAS NYC 2026 tackled the long‑standing claim that crypto suffers from a "value‑accrual problem." Moderators and investors debated whether tokens truly generate cash flow or merely ride speculative narratives, and they examined how valuation frameworks from traditional...
How Obex Plans to Deploy $2.5B Into RWAs and Stablecoins | DAS NYC 2026 | Day 2 | Main
Obex, the stablecoin incubator backed by Framework Ventures, announced a $2.5 billion mandate from the Sky ecosystem and the immediate deployment of $1 billion into a cohort of eight companies. The rollout, described as the largest single‑cohort capital injection in crypto, positions...
Solana: Rails for the Agentic Era | DAS NYC 2026 | Day 2 | Main
The panel, featuring Multicoin co‑founder Tushar Jain and Solana Foundation CPO Vibu, centered on Solana’s strategic response to the AI‑driven “agentic era.” They framed AI not as a vertical but as a platform shift reshaping payments, developer experience, and emerging...
Investor Relations in the Onchain Era | DAS NYC 2026 | Day 1 | Main
The session focused on investor relations in the on‑chain era, highlighting a paradox: while the broader crypto market cap appears healthy, the underlying token ecosystem is faltering. The speaker dissected six data‑driven charts, showing that total market cap has plateaued,...
Keynote: U.S. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins | DAS NYC 2026 | Day 1 | Main
SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins used the opening of the Digital Asset Summit to unveil the agency’s first‑of‑its‑kind token taxonomy and to preview a forthcoming “Regulation Crypto Asset” rule. The announcements mark a shift from years of regulatory ambiguity toward...
