Author: Akshay
Published On: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 20:03:38 GMT
Star Xu is the founder of OKCoin and the driving force behind OKEx and its ecosystem token OKB. A former technology executive with experience at Yahoo and Alibaba, Xu launched OKCoin in 2013 as one of China’s early digital asset exchanges. He later expanded globally with OKEx, which became one of the world’s leading crypto trading platforms offering spot, futures, and derivatives.
Through the creation of OKB, Xu aimed to strengthen the OKEx ecosystem by giving users access to trading discounts, governance participation, and platform utilities. Under his leadership, OKB has grown into a core part of the exchange’s ecosystem, reinforcing OKEx’s position in the global digital asset market.