ICE Brent And WTI Perpetual Futures To Launch On Crypto Trading Platform
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange announced plans to launch perpetual futures contracts based on ICE’s Brent Crude and WTI Crude oil benchmarks on OKX’s trading platform. The new products are expected to be available in jurisdictions where OKX is licensed to offer perpetual futures trading.
The collaboration marks the first product launch between OKX and ICE following the companies’ strategic relationship established in March 2026. ICE operates major exchanges, clearing houses, and market data services across commodities, energy, equities, and fixed income markets, including the New York Stock Exchange.
Under the arrangement, ICE’s Brent and WTI futures pricing data will underpin the perpetual contracts offered through OKX. Brent Crude and WTI remain among the world’s most widely used oil benchmarks and are heavily referenced across global energy markets.
The companies said the launch is intended to expand regulated access to commodity markets through digital asset infrastructure and provide retail traders with exposure to global energy benchmark products in a digital trading environment.
The launch also comes amid growing global interest in tokenized finance, regulated derivatives, and real-world asset products. OKX said the initiative aligns with its broader strategy of expanding regulated infrastructure, institutional-grade services, and products that bridge traditional finance with digital assets.
Founded as a crypto trading and blockchain technology company, OKX said it now serves more than 120 million users globally and has processed trillions of dollars in transaction volume. The company maintains regulatory licenses across multiple markets, including the United States, Singapore, Australia, the UAE, and Europe.
Intercontinental Exchange, meanwhile, is a Fortune 500 company that operates exchanges, clearing houses, and financial technology platforms across global capital markets. In addition to energy and commodity trading markets, the company also owns and operates the New York Stock Exchange.
KEY QUOTES:
“Oil markets are critical to the world economy. ICE’s Brent and WTI futures markets provide the benchmark prices that energy traders everywhere rely on. Bringing them into regulated perpetual futures is exactly the kind of bridge between traditional and digital markets that market participants have been asking for.
This launch gives retail traders access to the world’s most important energy benchmarks in a regulated, transparent environment. That’s a meaningful step forward as we modernize money and markets.”
Haider Rafique, Global Managing Partner, OKX
“These new OKX perpetual contracts, based on ICE’s deep, liquid, transparent, and global oil markets, allow OKX’s customer base of 120 million retail traders to access energy benchmark products.”
Trabue Bland, Senior Vice President, Futures Exchanges, ICE
