OKX fait brûler 26 milliards de dollars en OKB et met fin à OKTChain : une décision radicale

OKX vient de frapper un grand coup dans l'écosystème crypto. La plateforme a annoncé la destruction de 26 milliards de dollars en tokens OKB, accompagnée de l'arrêt pur et simple de sa blockchain OKTChain.

Une purge stratégique ?

Ce mouvement massif de burn intervient dans un contexte de durcissement régulatoire. OKX semble vouloir resserrer son modèle économique tout en envoyant un signal fort au marché.

Adieu OKTChain

La fermeture de la blockchain maison surprend par son caractère définitif. Les utilisateurs ont jusqu'au 1er novembre pour migrer leurs actifs - une course contre la montre qui rappelle les 'bank runs' traditionnels.

Une décision qui fera date dans l'histoire cryptographique, même si certains y verront un coup de com' bien calculé pour doper le prix du token restant. Après tout, en finance comme en crypto, les annonces spectaculaires valent parfois mieux qu'une croissance organique ennuyeuse.

OKX is decommissioning its OKT chain

OKX is winding down its troubled OKTChain, with operations set to continue until Jan. 1, 2026. On Wednesday, the exchange halted OKT trading on the platform as part of its overhaul, canceled pending orders, and executed a burn of roughly $7.6 billion worth of tokens.

The burn resulted in the immediate price surge of the okb token. The token spiked to $142 from $46 before falling to about $96 later. It also triggered a 13,000% jump in the asset’s trading volume, pushing it to $723 million amid a rush to exploit the supply squeeze. Currently, the token has an onchain market cap of about $2 billion.

Hasu, Flashbots Strategy Leader, noted that traders often misjudge circulating supply and that rapid supply contractions can fuel sharp, short-term rallies. OKX’s move echoes Binance’s bnb quarterly burns, which have historically driven price spikes.

OKX is updating its X Layer Network 

In 2023, OKX debuted its zkEVM-driven public network X Layer in partnership with Polygon. Now the platforms are moving to upgrade the X Layer into a public network, centered on DeFi, payments, and real-world asset (RWA) use cases.

On August 5, courtesy of Polygon, the X Layer completed the “PP upgrade,” fully integrating the latest iteration of polygon CDK (formerly known as zkEVM). The upgrade also pushed transactions per second to 5,000 and cut down on gas costs.

The exchange also integrated its OKX Wallet with the X Layer network. It also enabled instant, gasless withdrawals and transfers of usdt and other major cryptocurrencies on the X Layer. The X Layer will also act as OKX Pay’s default public network. 

However, the substantial overlap between the X Layer’s new features and the OKT chain necessitated the exchange to start dropping maintenance and support for OKTChain, which explains the recent OKB token burns. 

Overall, the Ethereum L1 OKB is set for gradual discontinuation. Thus, holders have been advised to transfer their OKB to OKX Exchange and execute a one-click swap via “Withdraw to X Layer,” as future Ethereum withdrawals will not be supported.

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