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Intercontinental Exchange announced record liquidity across its global natural gas and power markets, including record open interest across North American natural gas, as ICE reached record total OI across its futures and options markets of 130.5 million contracts. On May 22, 2026, ICE's global natural gas markets hit record OI of 48 million, up 11% year-over-year, while ICE's global power markets reached record OI of 4 million, up 10 % y/y on May 25, 2026. On the same day, ICE's North American natural gas futures and options markets hit record OI of 41.4 million, up 11% y/y with OI across ICE Henry Hub futures, the U.S. natural gas benchmark, up 13% y/y. OI across ICE's U.S. Financial Gas futures and options markets, which offer a suite of precise risk management tools that reflect the supply and demand dynamics of 70 distinct North American natural gas hubs, is up 8% y/y. "Interest in ICE's natural gas and power markets remains strong as participants hedge regional and international price dynamics, pipeline constraints, infrastructure investments and evolving energy requirements," said Trabue Bland, SVP of Futures Markets at ICE. "The shifting picture for global LNG trade routes is linking natural gas markets across regions, while data center expansion is adding a new layer of demand-side pressure - both of which could tighten the supply and demand balance and weigh on basis spreads. The record open interest reflects how participants worldwide turn to ICE's deeply liquid energy markets to navigate the increasingly interconnected and dynamic price environment we are in. That liquidity, combined with ICE's portfolio margining methodology, IRM 2, is crucial for our customers who benefit from a margin model that captures correlations across energy exposures when they are trading diversified or hedged portfolios across ICE, resulting in precise margin treatment."

Intercontinental Exchange announced that ICE ETF Hub has received regulatory approval to expand operations in Europe and Australia for the receipt and transmission of orders in Exchange Traded Products. With these two additions, ICE ETF Hub can now operate in 33 countries and jurisdictions across North America, Europe and Asia. In Europe, ICE ETF Hub received regulatory approval to operate in the Netherlands and passport into 29 additional countries across Europe, including Ireland, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and France, among others. In Australia, ICE ETF Hub received an Australian Market License permitting the ETF Hub to be provided to Australian participants.

OKX and Intercontinental Exchange announced plans for OKX to launch perpetual futures based on ICE's Brent Crude and WTI Crude energy benchmarks. The products are expected to be available to trade on OKX's platform in jurisdictions where OKX is licensed to offer perpetual futures products. The new OKX contracts represent a major step forward in expanding regulated access to global commodity markets through digital asset infrastructure.

Intercontinental Exchange announced record open interest across its total futures and options markets including record OI across ICE's financial derivatives markets. On May 14, 2026, OI across ICE's total futures and options reached record OI of 128 million contracts, up 24% year-over-year. On the same day, ICE's financial derivatives complex hit record OI of 54 million contracts, up 54% y/y. This includes record OI of over 50 million interest rate futures and options, up 60% y/y, with ICE SONIA futures and options, the benchmark for managing U.K. interest rate risk, reaching record OI of 19.6 million contracts, up 104% y/y. OI across ICE Euribor futures and options, the benchmark for managing short-term euro-related interest rate risk, is up 37% y/y at 26 million contracts, while OI in ICE EUR STR reached a record 2.9 million contracts on May 14, 2026, highlighting the growing demand for the combination of Euribor and EUR STR markets. EUR STR reflects the wholesale euro unsecured overnight borrowing costs of banks located in the eurozone.