One of New York’s most prominent politicians is pivoting to digital assets. Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York and a New York City mayoral candidate in 2025, will co-chair a joint venture between the owner of the New York Stock Exchange and the crypto exchange OKX, the two companies announced on Monday.
The project will focus on taking NYSE-listed assets and tokenizing them, or putting them into blockchain wrappers, said an OKX spokesperson. Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the prominent stock exchange, will also work with OKX to provide the crypto company’s users with access to tokenized futures and equities, added the spokesperson.
“You can virtually walk through the front door of the New York Stock…
