When did OKEx go online (Whose is OKEx)?

When did OKEx go online? Editor’s note: This article is from BlockBeats (ID: blockbeats) and has been authorized for reproduction by Odaily Star Daily.

OKEx went online in October 2013 and was the first domestic digital currency trading platform based on blockchain technology. It started operations in May 2016. According to the official announcement of OKEx, on January 29, 2017, OKEx officially launched “Coin Farm” and started liquidity mining. It is understood that “Coin Farm” mainly provides trading and financial services to global users, as well as comprehensive solutions such as portfolio management for different industries and fields. It is reported that “Coin Farm” is one of the subsidiary businesses of the OKEx exchange developed by the original OKChain team, focusing on building a distributed application underlying public chain. Currently, it supports various virtual currency asset trading and derivative markets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. It will also realize the combination of decentralized trading and DeFi applications in the future.

Whose is OKEx?

According to official news, on September 6th, OKEx announced the cessation of operations. According to public information, the founder of the project is Li Xiaolai (alias), who submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2018. In July 2019, the company’s legal representative was appointed as a member of the Securities Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, former chairman of the SEC, and current Tesla CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Currently, its main body is provided with custody services by Huobi Global Station and OKCoin. Others are subsidiaries under Huobi, including but not limited to Bitcoin wallet imToken, digital currency exchange bitFlyer, and payment platform Bitpay, etc.