OKX Raises Funding at $25B Valuation From Ripple, Circle, StanChart

“Benzinga reports crypto exchange OKX raised strategic funding from Ripple, Circle, Q-R-T and Standard Chartered at a twenty-five billion dollar valuation, to expand stablecoins, payments and tokenized assets.” — Vera Bullock, on air

On air: Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on Midday Movers
Published 12:31 PM ET, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Benzinga: “Ripple, Circle, Standard Chartered Back Crypto Exchange OKX at $25B Valuation”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 12:31 PM ET on Midday Movers, by Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.

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BenzingaRipple, Circle, Standard Chartered Back Crypto Exchange OKX at $25B Valuation

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBenzinga reports crypto exchange OKX raised strategic funding from Ripple, Circle, Q-R-T and Standard Chartered at a twenty-five billion dollar valuation, to expand stablecoins, payments and tokenized assets.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty-five billion dollars for a website where my cousin lost his kitchen. Also, the Nasdaq is up point six two, so everyone's feeling frisky. Wonderful.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDale, a bank and two crypto giants wrote checks. That's institutional confidence, darling. Your doom has been formally outbid.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorInstitutions also confidently bought tulips, Vera. Stablecoins are just a coat check for dollars, and the coat check is on fire.