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BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center renamed “OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC” for festival Our CMO Haider Rafique to speak at Tribeca X panel alongside BBDO CEO Andrew Robertson on June 11 We're the sponsor of FIREBRAND's gala screening starring Jude Law and Alicia Vikander on June 11

We're happy to announce the release of our 19th consecutive Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, showcasing USD22.5 billion in primary assets backing customer funds. In line with our commitment to transparency and accountability in the crypto space, we have published over 680,000 public wallet addresses this month. This allows our customers and the wider community to independently verify the platform's reserves. To date, over 1.5 million customers have viewed and verified that their assets on our platform are backed 1:1.

We and Jambo , a leading Web3 mobile infrastructure builder, today announced a partnership aimed at enhancing the accessibility of the digital economy in emerging markets by combining advanced Web3 and mobile technologies.

We're proud to announce our strategic investment in Monad Labs , which is developing a developer-forward smart contract platform that is poised to revolutionize the decentralized digital landscape. This investment underscores our commitment to supporting innovative projects at the forefront of blockchain technology and decentralized ecosystems.

A message from OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique: On the Formula 1 race calendar, Monaco stands out as a place with incredible history, heritage and mystique - and no driver has won there more times than Ayrton Senna.

We're pleased to announce that we have invested in Bitlayer , the first Bitcoin security-equivalent Layer 2 based on BitVM. Bitlayer aims to scale the Bitcoin network’s transaction capability. Advocating for the Taproot and BitVM technologies, Bitlayer has adopted the Discreet Log Contract (DLC) framework to handle more conditional financial applications securely.

Today, we're happy to announce our strategic partnership with Hidden Road Partners (Hidden Road), the global credit network for institutions. This partnership aims to offer a turn-key experience for Hidden Road's clients, enabling them to execute advanced trading strategies and facilitate delta rolls more efficiently.

We're pleased to announce that we've officially launched crypto exchange services in Australia, a significant milestone for our goal to build locally in important markets around the world. We now offer spot (buy & sell) trading for all users, plus derivatives trading for verified wholesale clients* in Australia.

Our investment arm, OKX Ventures , has led a US$1.5 million seed funding round for BlockBooster, an Asia-centered venture studio. The funding round also saw participation from Conflux Network, Neighbor Capital Series, IceRiver Venture, and Bitcoin Lab, among others.

Our investment arm OKX Ventures has announced a strategic investment in four consumer-oriented products from Web3 venture studio EVG . These include multi-chain SocialFi infrastructure Open Social Protocol , decentralized collaboration network , strategy card game and real-time strategy game . 

We at are pleased to announce that we have invested in Bedrock , a multi-asset liquid restaking protocol. This strategic move brings institutional-grade infrastructure to an expansive audience, ensuring both security and transparency to cater to the requirements of larger clients and institutions.

Our OKX Wallet users can mint Bitcoin Ordinal tickets for Bitcoin Magazine's Bitcoin Asia conference here Today, we're excited to announce our partnership with Bitcoin Magazine to offer Bitcoin Ordinal ticketing services for the inaugural ' ' conference. This flagship Bitcoin-themed conference is set to take place at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong from May 9 to May 10, 2024.

Our investment arm OKX Ventures today announced a research and education collaboration with Stanford's Future of Digital Currency Initiative (FDCI), aiming to promote blockchain innovation and sustainability.

We are delighted to announce our strategic investment in CARV, the largest modular data layer for gaming and AI. By participating in the successful US$10 million Series A round led by Tribe Capital and IOSG Ventures, OKX Ventures is thrilled to support CARV’s journey as they continue to innovate and lead in the intersection of gaming and data.

Today, we're happy to announce that we have published our 18th consecutive Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, showcasing USD22.3 billion in primary assets backing user funds. Our PoR report illustrates the reserve ratios of the 22 most commonly traded assets on our platform, including BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, XRP, DOGE, SOL, OKB, APT, DOT, ELF, EOS, ETC, FIL, LINK, LTC, OKT, PEOPLE, TON, TRX, UNI and BCH. Consistent with our previous reports, our 18th PoR demonstrates over 100% reserve ratios for all these assets, assuring users that their funds are backed 1:1.

A message from OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique A rare opportunity to mint and own a collectible with zero gas fees As one of the world's largest crypto venues where billions of digital assets trade hands each day, we aspire to bring more utility to crypto beyond trading. This is a vision we outlined when we started to partner with sports teams like Man City and McLaren, or with our film and entertainment partner, Tribeca Film Festival.

Our platform is the first to enable zero-fee Runes trading on mobile Users can now trade popular Runes tokens like UNCOMMON.GOODS, PUPS and WZRD on our Marketplace We're proud to announce that we've added support for Runes, a new fungible token standard by Casey Rodarmor, a former Bitcoin developer and artist, following today's Bitcoin halving. With this addition, our users can now create, mint, manage and trade Runes on our .

A message from OKX Chief Commercial Officer Lennix Lai. Opinions are that of the author and do not reflect OKX's official view. Not financial advice. The halving is a significant event that underscores the technological strength and resiliency of Bitcoin. As a fundamental feature of Bitcoin's design, the halving mechanism means that the block reward will be cut in half, slowing the introduction of the remaining coins that can be mined and released into the market. The big picture is this: out of the maximum supply of 21 million, about 1.35 million bitcoin are left to be mined between now and the final halving in the year 2140.

We are delighted to announce our strategic investment in Thruster, one of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols within the Blast ecosystem. By participating in the successful US$7.5 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, OKX Ventures reaffirms its pivotal role as a key supporter of groundbreaking projects and visionary founders in the blockchain sphere.

We are excited to announce today a first-of-its-kind partnership with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on a joint research project exploring the implementation of zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs and development of new cryptographic protocols. These advancements aim to enhance the scalability and efficiency of ZK decentralized exchanges (ZKDEXs).

A message from OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique Today we launched the public mainnet of our Layer-2 (L2), X LAYER, building with more than 200 dApps across the network. X LAYER is integrated with OKX Exchange (CEX) and the OKX Web3 Wallet. Users can seamlessly bridge assets from the two platforms to LAYER to interact with with the DApps deployed on the network.

We're happy to announce that we've published our inaugural ' Institutional Basis Trading Report .' The report analyzes the institutional basis trading landscape and strategies, as well as drivers behind the nearly 30% Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) annualized basis observed towards the end of March 2024.

Today, I'm excited to announce that we have rebranded Okcoin Europe Ltd. to OKX in Europe. In my role as the General Manager for the region, my responsibility is to establish local teams that propel our user-centric global strategy. Local efforts are crucial to our diverse crypto communities amongst our 50 million users worldwide, and we're ensuring a tailored experience in key markets by optimizing our platform to reflect the community's trading preferences, favored payment methods, and fiat on-ramps.

We're happy to announce that we will soon add support for Runes, a new fungible token standard by Casey Rodarmor, a former Bitcoin developer and artist, upon the upcoming Bitcoin halving. This addition will enable users to create, mint, manage and trade Runes on our , and makes us the first platform to offer zero-fee Runes trading on mobile.