Hassan Maishera
2025 is a wrap for the cryptocurrency market, with several positives recorded this year. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $124k, several altcoin ETFs were launched, and corporate adoption of Bitcoin continues to grow.
OKX, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, also recorded an excellent milestone in 2025, thanks to its regulated market strategy.
OKX’s Volume in Regulated Markets Surges 53X
The cryptocurrency exchange OKX released internal trading data on Tuesday, December 23rd. According to the data released by the exchange, the volume in its licensed and regulated markets grew by approximately 53x in 2025.
This latest milestone comes after OKX’s expansion into the U.S. and across the European Economic Area (EEA). It also comes as the U.S. regulatory environment shifts from debate to perimeter-setting.
The signing of the GENIUS Act in July has empowered the OCC to federally charter a first wave of crypto-native trust banks, clarified that national banks can act as crypto brokers. The CFTC has also launched a pilot program for tokenized collateral in derivatives markets.
OKX believes that this is due to the operating model built around regulated access and onchain execution at scale. In January, OKX expanded across the EEA, after becoming one of the first exchanges to receive a MiCA license, giving Europeans access to fully localised & regulated products and services.
The crypto exchange continues to build on that achievement, and in April, OKX entered the U.S. market with the launch of the OKX exchange and wallet experience.
The adoption of a regulated-market-led growth is evident in the broad growth recorded across OKX’s platform in 2025.
OKX revealed that its Daily Active Wallets doubled, with an average of 190,000 new wallets created every day in 2025 to date. Over the same period, DEX volume grew 262% globally, representing a nearly fourfold expansion, while CEX trading volume grew 16% globally as more users engaged onchain.
Furthermore, OKX expanded its stablecoin and payment rails through OKX Pay and OKX Card. It also directly integrated CeDeFi into its app, combining the efficiency of this centralized infrastructure with the openness of decentralized networks.
This latest development comes two weeks after OKX migrated its XLayer network from Polygon CDK to the OP Stack.
OKX is a technology company building a decentralized future that makes the world more tradable, transparent, and connected. The company has key regional offices, including headquarters in San José, California, for the Americas and in Dubai for the Middle East. We also have offices in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Republic of Türkiye, Australia, and Europe. OKX also holds licenses in the United States, the UAE, EEA, Singapore, and Australia, as well as in other markets.
