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Oct 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m. EDT3 min readAndrew Cuomo, co-chair of OKX-ICE and board member of OKX (OKX)SummaryOKX-ICE co-chair Andrew Cuomo called issuer objections to tokenized stock trading a “natural response,” saying companies were expected to take a wait-and-see approach. Sixteen companies, including Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs, have objected to trading on the planned venue under the SEC’s experimental framework. Securitize and Vertalo executives said issuers need answers about pricing, investor protections, custody and shareholder rights as the new markets develop. A growing list of companies rejecting tokenized trading of their shares is an expected part of testing a new market structure, Andrew Cuomo, co-chairman of the OKX-ICE joint venture, said after Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs joined the objectors. “This is a very natural response,” Cuomo, an OKX board member and former New York governor, said during a press call on Tuesday.

Financial results are somewhat of a sideshow for an investor base eagerly awaiting updates on robotaxis, robots — and the cost of all that.

Housing data deteriorated further in September, according to separate reports Tuesday.