OKX, ICE partner on oil perps as NYSE-parent pressures US regulators to rein in Hyperliquid

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crypto exchange OKX is working with Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, to list oil perpetual contracts, according to an announcement on Friday.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The contracts will track ICE's Brent Crude and WTI Crude energy benchmarks, offering access to some of "the world’s most widely referenced oil benchmarks," the announcement reads.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"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," OKX Global Managing Partner Haider Rafique said. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perpetual futures, or "perps," are a type of derivative contract that never expires.