OKX Brings Pre-IPO Bets on AI Giants OpenAI and Anthropic to European Traders
Crypto exchange OKX has expanded its services to European customers by offering pre-IPO bets on OpenAI and Anthropic through X-Perps, perpetual futures without an expiry date. This allows traders to take long or short positions on the implied valuations of both companies with leverage of up to 10x.
The instruments track the price of the underlying security while leaving ownership and voting rights with actual shareholders. The launch also includes tokenized stocks for over 100 markets, including SpaceX, Google, Nvidia, and Palantir, plus the SPY and QQQ ETFs, which trade 24/7 and can be withdrawn on-chain to a self-custody wallet.
OKX CEO Erald Ghoos notes that pre-IPO markets have been unavailable for most European traders on traditional brokerage platforms. X-Perps volume in Europe has quadrupled since the MiCA transition period ended in July, and the new markets are built for this audience.