如果 OKX 成功赴美上市，它将加入 Coinbase 和 Robinhood 等不断壮大的、但数量有限的加密货币公司行列，这些公司已成功在美国上市，这可能为更广泛的机构认可和下一波加密货币应用奠定基础。
在美国监管持续松绑的背景下，加密货币交易所OKX 在今年4 月重返美国市场，并传出正评估在美IPO 上市。随着平台币OKB闻讯短时上涨逾6%，该交易所转向传统金融的布局策略也悄然出现，加密与主流金融的距离更加速缩短。
《The Information》报道称，OKX 正在考虑于美国进行首次公开募股(IPO)。这家亚洲前五大交易所在今年2 月才刚与美国司法部达成高达5 亿美元的和解协议，内容涉及其过去未经许可经营汇款业务。
短短两个月后，OKX 随即宣布重启美国业务，并于加州圣荷西设立区域总部，展现积极进军美国市场的企图心。
在宣布重返美国的同时，OKX 任命曾效力摩根士丹利与巴克莱的Roshan Robert 为美国区CEO，进一步强化其合规与金融市场经验背景。他曾表示：「我们的长期目标是打造一款类似WeChat 的加密超级应用(super app)，这不只是交易，更是生活的入口。」
报道指出，OKX 的IPO 计划象征着一种CEX 布局叙事转变：「加密产业开始考虑以传统金融的语言，讲述自己的成长故事。」从募资到上市，包括CEX 在内的多家Web3 公司正转向往主流资本市场寻求认可。
( Tether 不考虑IPO，每位员工赚1.3 亿美元为全球人均利润最高「银行」 )
事实上，OKX 并非首例。近期包括加密货币交易所Kraken、Bullish、Gemini和稳定币发行商Circle等，也已秘密提交IPO 文件或已成功上市。种种动作说明，加密产业正把自己重新包装为具备商业可行性的「金融科技公司」，并寻求获得更大规模的传统资本支持。
Roshan Robert 在上个月接受The Block专访时强调，OKX 在美国的团队已扩展至500 人，分布于纽约、旧金山与圣荷西，未来将透过逐步推进且合规优先的方式，建立专属于美国市场的产品线， OKX 将推出OKX Pay Wallet 及金融卡：从钱包、DEX 聚合器走到支付的合规漫漫长路。
他同时补充：「我们不会贸然推出完整的交易平台，而是会先从钱包与Web3 工具等『产品入口』切入，逐步拓展信任与用户基础。」这种策略节奏，也体现了当前Web3 公司在进入高监管市场时的步步为营。
即便加密企业上市正成当前趋势，但其估值模式仍引发资本市场观察者的惊讶与不安。记者Yueqi Yan在报导中便指出，「连业内人士都对某些交易所的估值感到震惊」，说明外界各方对加密公司的价值评估仍有许多落差。
这种「认知落差」也为上市表现带来风险，若传统市场对于加密公司估值的判读失准，势必也将如当前Circle 一样，带来剧烈的股价波动与市场情绪反覆。
OKX 赴美上市的意图，是加密产业走向传统资本市场的缩影，显示IPO是推动Web3 下一阶段扩张的手段之一，而美国这个曾经被视为「拒加密于门外」的市场，也成了争相前往的热钱所在地。
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