On January 25, 2026, the OKX "New Year's Eve Dinner" event officially concluded.
As a special gathering for industry builders, this event was sponsored by partners such as 0G and Base, and invited over a hundred industry builders and dozens of media guests to participate. Centered around topics such as OKX's latest product plans, analysis of industry hotspots, and sharing of practical experiences, the event provided a more in-depth communication platform for the industry at the year-end, welcoming the arrival of the Lunar New Year together.
The event brought together practitioners and creators from various fields including trading, technology, content, and community. Through keynote speeches, annual reviews, and open Q&A sessions, participants engaged in discussions on ecosystem building, product direction, and content and community growth. Multiple rounds of "ask me anything" interactive Q&A sessions allowed for thorough exchanges of industry insights and practical experiences on site.
On the first day of the event, OKX Founder and CEO Star delivered a keynote speech via video link. He pointed out that the crypto industry is entering a new phase driven by technological advancements, generational shifts in mindset, and global systematic regulation. He called on practitioners and content creators to stay away from noise and exaggerated rhetoric, adhere to long-termism, and collectively uphold the industry's reputation.
Additionally, Star emphasized that OKX will take on more industry responsibilities and continue to provide more diverse, user-friendly, and convenient financial services within the global regulatory framework. In terms of ecosystem layout, OKX will continue to advance more user-friendly and convenient diversified services within global compliance frameworks, promote the onboarding of more assets to the chain, including cross-chain assets and real-world assets (RWA), making X Layer and OKX Web3 Wallet key carriers for various types of assets and core entry points for users into the on-chain world. Meanwhile, OKX Pay will also continue to upgrade, lowering the barrier to entry for Web3 and promoting the practical application of crypto payments.
During the annual review session, Tianyi, Marketing Director of OKX's Chinese-speaking region, stated that over the past year, OKX has continuously advanced product and ecosystem development, achieving phased progress in compliance layouts across core markets in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Strategic partnerships with institutions such as Standard Chartered, DBS, and Mastercard have been established to further improve fiat on-ramp/off-ramp and payment scenarios. On the product side, OKX has promoted the integration of CeFi and DeFi through its built-in DEX, and launched various features such as "Earn by Listing," "Flash Earn," "C2C Freeze Compensation," and "Boost" to continuously optimize user experience. OKX Wallet, relying on its self-developed AI risk control engine and 7×24 security system, has strengthened risk identification and security assurance in multi-chain interaction scenarios.
To date, OKX's global user base has exceeded 120 million. OKX will continue to increase investment in underlying technology, security, and product experience, accompanying the industry through cycles in a more stable manner.
In a Web3-themed sharing session, Zakk, Head of OKX Wallet, stated that OKX Wallet's overall traffic has reached industry-leading levels. In the next phase, OKX Wallet aims to use a more systematic product roadmap and technical combination to address the question of "how the on-chain world can truly go mainstream." Zakk identified "perfection" as the first keyword for the Wallet product roadmap, placing "security and self-custody" as the highest priority. Additionally, the key reason for OKX Wallet's widespread acceptance lies in its automation and full parsing capabilities, making asset and transaction information "more readable and more usable."
Currently, OKX Wallet supports 140 public chains, 30 of which support DEX, and aggregates nearly 500 protocols. Through smart routing and server deployments in multiple global locations, OKX Wallet aims to achieve both faster transaction speeds and better prices.
Regarding "Community and Content," Jason, Product Manager of OKX Planet Community, stated that the OKX Planet Community has launched its beta test. This is OKX's first systematic attempt in the direction of community products, with the goal of building a crypto community that integrates information acquisition, trading opportunity sharing, creator participation, and deep community interaction. The current product covers content forms such as public creation, profile display, live interaction, and private community groups, and provides continuous exposure and conversion for creators and users through recommendation mechanisms.
In terms of incentive mechanisms, OKX Planet has established a weekly cash prize pool and links creator incentives to community activity and platform trading behavior. Jason revealed that in the future, the Planet Community will gradually integrate with the OKX platform at the product, information, rights, and ecosystem levels, including exploring new community and trading玩法 based on X Layer. In the short term, the focus will be on rapid iteration and experience improvement to drive continuous community growth.
In the direction of strategic trading, OKX launched the AI Trading Bot. Terrence, Product Manager of OKX Strategic Trading, stated that this product allows users to generate and execute trading strategies using natural language without writing code. It also provides backtesting, multiple risk controls, and AI explanations for each trade's opening and closing to enhance transparency and controllability. The AI Trading Bot is expected to start internal testing before the Spring Festival and gradually open up afterwards. In the future, it will expand to on-chain trading, multi-asset management, and explore trading community forms for strategy co-creation and sharing.
In addition to keynote speeches, the event also featured an annual awards ceremony to recognize individuals and institutions that have contributed to the industry's content ecosystem and community building over the past year. The awards covered categories such as "2025 Outstanding Creator," "2025 Best Community Partner," and "2025 Annual Media Partner."
OKX hopes to establish the "New Year's Eve Dinner" as an annual gathering node for industry builders, forming lasting connections with more builders, creators, and partners to jointly promote compliance processes, technological advancements, and long-term value building, driving Web3 to expand into broader application boundaries.
