Isn't OKX's pursuit of listing a strategy publicly disclosed over the past year? Why is it gaining traction now?

Throughout the past year, in this bull market, OKX has been relatively passive in listing altcoins and focused on WEB3 wallet business (which has less regulatory compliance compared to CEX business).

From the current perspective, OKX's strategy seems to be quite right; Circle has such a high premium on Nasdaq, and if a CEX of OKX's level were to go public, it's hard to imagine what kind of market value it could achieve.

Compared to issuing platform tokens and going public, the vast majority of platform tokens are highly controlled, with liquidity primarily within the exchange, making them essentially non-redeemable market caps. For example, Bybit's MNT has enormous market value that does not match its liquidity and trading volume.

On the other hand, issuing stocks means that liquidity comes entirely from external capital and individuals, and currently, the overall liquidity of stocks in the cryptocurrency industry is very good.

The correctness of the strategy makes the tactical efforts somewhat pale.