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A message from OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique I'm happy to announce our collaboration with Forbes, offering our onchain wallet users a fast-track application for the Legacy Pass NFT. This digital collectible unlocks a membership club uniting Web3's brightest minds, granting access to an elite network of industry leaders.

A message from OKX Global Chief Commercial Officer Lennix Lai. Opinions are that of the author and do not reflect OKX's official view. Not financial advice. I'm pleased to share the launch of our new research brief, " ," commissioned by OKX Institutional and authored by Economist Impact. This comprehensive study features insights and analysis from industry leaders such as Citi, Skybridge Capital and VanEck, and delves into the transformative potential of digital assets for institutional investors with a focus on four key areas: institutional asset allocation, custody, regulatory developments and risk management.

We're happy to announce our investment in Space and Time (SxT) . SxT is the verifiable compute layer for AI and blockchain that combines tamperproof onchain and offchain data to deliver enterprise use cases to smart contracts and large language models (LLMs).

We've just published our 22nd consecutive Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, which confirms USD19.8 billion in primary assets backing customer funds. To date, more than 1.8 million customers have viewed and used our PoR tool to confirm their assets are backed 1:1. We continue to maintain over 100% reserve ratios for 22 of the 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.

We're happy to announce that we're a sponsor of CoinFest Asia 2024 , a premier crypto- and Web3-focused conference held in Bali from August 22-23. On the first day of the conference, our Australia entity's General Manager Jamie Kennedy will speak at a panel entitled 'Risk vs Reward: Institutions & Digital Assets,' alongside Gemini Head of APAC Saad Ahmed, Upbit Chief Operating Officer Raks Sondhi and Flipster Head of Compliance Mohd Kifa. The panel, focusing on evolving regulations and institutional strategies around digital assets, will be moderated by Indonesia Blockchain Association Founding Member Yos Ginting.

By Jamie Kennedy, OKX Australia General Manager I'm thrilled to share that we have launched our Australian dollar (AUD) trading order books today. OKX customers in Australia will be able to trade major cryptocurrencies USDT, USDC, BTC and ETH, against AUD.

Users of our wallet can now initiate blockchain transactions, such as token staking and swapping, across multiple chains directly on social media sites with zero fees Today, we're happy to announce that our OKX Wallet now supports Blockchain Links (Blinks) - tools that turn onchain transactions into clickable links - across all EVM-compatible chains. Our multi-chain wallet is the first to extend the Blinks capability beyond Solana to multiple chains.

TL;DR: Manchester City and OKX have launched a new virtual escape room called 'Unseen City: Echoes of Blue' Fans can interact with AI-powered avatars of Manchester City players Complete tasks in five different rooms to earn rewards, including match tickets and limited edition shirts

The fund will create an accelerator program to foster the growth of key projects on Aptos related to infrastructure, DeFi protocols, real-world assets, GameFi and more. Our investment arm OKX Ventures and , a global blockchain leader, today jointly announced the launch of a new USD $10 million fund aimed at supporting the growth of the Aptos ecosystem and widespread adoption of Web3.

We're thrilled to announce the launch of Pre-Market Futures , allowing customers to trade futures contracts with up to 2x leverage for upcoming tokens before a Token Generation Event (TGE), token public sale or Initial Coin/Exchange Offering (ICO/IEO).

TL;DR: This is our latest augmented reality (AR) campaign in partnership with Manchester City People in three cities across the US will be able to participate between July 27 and August 3 Our last two NFT campaigns with Man City gained popularity and drove 117k mints across both drops

Today, we're happy to announce the launch of our ' 2024 Summer Games ' trading competition featuring a reward pool worth up to 500,000 USDT. Our '2024 Summer Games’ trading competition is specifically for traders of our USDT-margined perpetual futures contracts and consists of two phases:

We're happy to announce the release of our 21st consecutive Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, confirming USD19.8 billion in primary assets backing customer funds. To date, 1.7 million customers have viewed and verified that their assets are fully backed on our platform.

Today, we're happy to announce that OKX Explorer , our leading blockchain search engine and Web3 analytics platform, is the first official blockchain explorer platform to support the AggLayer, a neutral protocol being developed by core contributors at Polygon Labs. This integration will provide developers with streamlined access to onchain data and developer tools across all AggLayer-integrated chains.

Users can now instantly swap Solana-based memecoins by selecting preset amounts - such as 0.5, 1, 2 or 5 SOL - saving time and simplifying the trading process The launch of 'Meme Mode' comes amid significant growth in the Solana memecoin market, which now has a total market cap exceeding

We're happy to announce that we have successfully achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1 Type 2 compliance, confirming that we meet the highest global standards for protecting institutional clients' data and assets.

By OKX Europe GM-Designate Erald Ghoos I am proud to announce we've officially chosen Malta as our Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) hub. This will allow us to offer our products and services to over 450 million EU residents in the coming months, bringing a new alternative to people in the region to access crypto markets. This pursuit begins with EU licensing (through MiCA) which will enable us to offer our services to customers in a compliant way, while also providing easy deposit and withdrawal connectivity to local bank accounts.

We're happy to announce that we have invested in zkLink via our investment arm OKX Ventures . zkLink Labs develops zero-knowledge (ZK) infra solutions for the blockchain ecosystem with the goal of scaling and unifying assets across Ethereum and Ethereum Layer 2 Rollups (L2s). 

We have won awards in five categories at the prestigious WeMoney Cryptocurrency Awards 2024 , recognising our excellence in offering professional, high-quality services in Australia. We were named the winner of:

To date, more than 1.65 million customers have checked and confirmed that their assets on our platform are backed 1:1 We continue to maintain over 100% reserve ratios for 22 of the most frequently traded assets on our platform

We're happy to announce the upcoming Q3 launch of 'Smart Trading,' an AI-powered platform that consolidates all of our automated trading products - including Copy Trading , Signal Trading and Trading Bots - into a single marketplace. We're the first major player in the CeFi space to offer a consolidated marketplace powered by AI and trade replication technology, catering to traders of all experience levels.

Our investment arm, OKX Ventures , today announced that it has become a founding member of SOFA.org , an open-source and non-profit decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on developing a DeFi ecosystem that facilitates atomic, blockchain-based settlements of financial assets.

Our Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique and BBDO Worldwide CEO Andrew Robertson today delved into the role of Web3 and AI in shaping the future of marketing at a Tribeca X panel, led by our Ambassador and Olympic snowboarder Scotty James. The panel discussion took place today at Convene One Liberty Plaza.

A message from OKX Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique Web3 Can Help Build the McLaren Racing-OKX Community Our partnership with McLaren Racing has taken us around the world this season - from the Middle East to Asia Pacific to Miami and Monaco. Wherever we can, we've taken the opportunity to engage with race fans. But we couldn't help but wonder how we could collaborate more deeply with McLaren to 'go exponential' as we interact with fans and merge our communities.