Apple and Meta reject OKX-ICE tokenized stock plans, leaving crypto firms in focus

Apple and Meta have declinedОтказ платежаPayment decline is a situation where a transaction fails authorization: the issuing bank, acquirer, payment service provider or anti-fraud system rejects the charge or top-up. to take part in joint plans by crypto exchange OKX and ICE to tokenize stocks, CoinDesk reports. The news about the decision of the two tech giants was published on November 6, 2026.

According to CoinDesk, after 90% of issuers opted out, six companies remained from the initial list of those that had not raised objections. They include Strategy, Coinbase, Circle and Robinhood. The article mentions other participants, but their names are not given in the available excerpt.

The full text of the article was not available to us, so the project's terms, launch timeline and reasons for Apple's and Meta's refusals cannot be established from the available data. The headline of the CoinDesk piece stresses that crypto companies remain in focus, but the source does not give details of their role.