OKX is adding a native social network to its trading app as the exchange expands after a $25 billion valuation tied to a strategic investment from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. Called Orbit, the new feature brings posts, livestreams and group chats directly into OKX’s trading interface. Users can share market commentary, host live discussions and form public or gated trading communities — and, crucially, display verified performance metrics such as portfolio returns, profit and loss and win rates. OKX says those verification tools are intended to help traders separate credible signals from hype or manipulated posts. Orbit will roll out in phases, starting with a limited beta on Feb. 26 before a wider release after testing concludes. The platform supports market-specific conversations using cashtags like $BTC, $ETH and $SOL, letting traders follow and contribute to real-time threads around individual assets. “People using our app will have a native social channel where ideas are shared with posts, livestreams and group chats,” said Haider Rafique, managing partner at OKX. The company frames Orbit as a way to add accountability to social trading by letting contributors verify their track records inside the exchange’s app. The launch comes as social interaction increasingly shapes crypto markets — screenshots, influencer commentary and forum threads can rapidly move sentiment around tokens. Blending trading and social features is already common in equities (StockTwits is a notable example), and crypto-native alternatives such as Farcaster have pushed decentralized social models for the space. Orbit follows OKX’s recent strategic tie-up with ICE, which valued the San Jose-based exchange at roughly $25 billion. As part of that partnership OKX plans to introduce tokenized stocks and crypto futures products, signalling further integration between traditional finance and digital-asset platforms. By embedding social tools directly in the trading experience, OKX is betting traders will prefer a verified, account-linked community inside their exchange over fragmented conversations across external apps. Read more AI-generated news on: undefined/news