OKX says World Cup prediction event processed 173 million trades without outages

The exchange said more than 400,000 users joined the stress test, which peaked at 3,716 trades in one minute and showcased its Exchange OS infrastructure ambitions.

Summary

OKX said its World Cup prediction event doubled as a live stress test for Exchange OS, with more than 400,000 users generating a cumulative 173 million trades and a peak of 3,716 trades in one minute without system downtime. The company framed the bigger objective as turning core exchange functions including accounts, matching, risk controls and settlement into standardized components, allowing small teams and institutions to build spot, derivatives or prediction markets more quickly on the same infrastructure.

Terms & Concepts
  • Exchange OS: Exchange infrastructure for trading systems
  • matching: Order pairing engine for buyers and sellers
  • settlement: Final transfer of assets after trades