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ICE-Backed Bakkt Alerts of Possible Closure, Cites Cash Crisis
8.2.2024
Bakkt, the cryptocurrency platform backed by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has issued a warning about its financial health. In a recent document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bakkt outlined its financial challenges, stating concerns over its ability to operate...
CME Group’s CEO Called FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried an ‘Absolute Fraud’ When They Met in March
21.11.2022
According to the CEO of CME Group, Terry Duffy, the executive met with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) last March at a conference, and Duffy ended up calling the FTX frontman a “fraud.” When Duffy sat down with SBF, the former FTX executive said his end goal was to compete with CME Group....
Bakkt Acquires Turnkey Platform Apex Crypto to Bolster Digital Asset Footprint
4.11.2022
Digital asset manager Bakkt Holdings, Inc., announced on Thursday that the company has acquired the firm Apex Crypto from Apex Fintech Solutions. Bakkt detailed that the acquisition of the turnkey crypto platform aims to “bolster Bakkt’s cryptocurrency product offering and expand...
Warner Music Goes for Blockchain Gaming, Mintable Recovers Stolen NFTs + More News
23.2.2022
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World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Files for Blockchain Tech ETF
23.1.2022
The New York-based multinational investment management corporation Blackrock has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a blockchain tech exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Ishares blockchain tech ETF aims to track the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) index called...
Digital Asset Manager Bakkt Reveals Plans to Provide Ethereum Services
6.11.2021
On November 5, Bakkt Holdings announced that the firm will soon let customers buy, sell, and store ethereum after offering bitcoin only since the company’s launch. The firm notes that adding ethereum comes at a time when digital currency interest and adoption continue to see significant...
Digital Asset Firm Bakkt to Go Public After Completing Merger — BKKT Shares Set to Trade on NYSE Monday
17.10.2021
The digital asset company Bakkt Holdings has completed a merger with a firm called VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings and the combined business will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 18. Bakkt revealed it was aiming to go public last January, and the Bakkt listing on Monday...
Google to Help Digital Asset Platform Bakkt Introduce Crypto to Millions of Consumers
9.10.2021
Digital asset platform Bakkt has announced a partnership with Google “to introduce digital assets to millions of consumers.” With the partnership, Bakkt says consumers will benefit from the “expanded reach and access” to cryptocurrencies. Google Collaborates With Bakkt...
Intercontinental Exchange sells Coinbase stake for $1.2B
30.4.2021
Intercontinental Exchange has sold its 1.4% stake in Coinbase to reduce the company’s debt
Crypto Futures Exchange Bakkt Going Public at a Valuation of $2.1 Billion
12.1.2021
Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt is going public via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created for taking startup firms public. Both companies have now confirmed the transaction, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under...
Bakkt may go public through rumored $2B merger
8.1.2021
Regulated Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is reportedly eyeing going public through a rumored merger
ICE Spent ‘Nearly $300M’ Helping Bakkt Acquire Loyalty Firm Bridge2
30.4.2020
ICE spent close to $300 million acquiring Bridge2 Solutions for Bakkt, CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said in an earnings call Thursday
Not Just Ebay, NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Pushes Bakkt to Retail With Latest Acquisition
6.2.2020
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, stunned many on Wall Street recently with a reported takeover bid for e-commerce marketplace Ebay. Now the group is aggressively trying to push its regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange Bakkt into the retail space with its latest...
Bakkt Goes Live With Options, Cash-Settled Futures Products
9.12.2019
Bakkt’s new options and cash-settled bitcoin futures products have just gone live, joining its three-month-old physical futures contracts
Bakkt’s Cash-Settled BTC Futures Could Make Bitcoin More Mainstream: Jennifer Ilkiw
15.11.2019
As you may have heard, earlier this week, CoinMarketCap held its first ever conference — The Capital — in Singapore. One of the event’s keynote speakers was Jennifer Ilkiw — vice president of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Asia Pacific.  ICE — […]
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CME Bitcoin Futures Sees Institutional Interest and Demand from Asia
18.10.2019
Global markets business CME Group said that institutional interest toward the firm’s Bitcoin futures is thriving and 2019’s third-quarter data showed a record number of open interest. Moreover, despite the lackluster start, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt platform...
It’s Too Soon to Write Off Bakkt, Wall Street Analyst Tells ICE Investors
2.10.2019
It’s way too soon to write off Bakkt, despite the bitcoin futures market’s disappointingly slow start, equity analysts at Oppenheimer & Co. said
[aktualita] Intercontinental Exchange spustila futures kontrakty vyrovnávané v BTC
23.9.2019
Bakkt je po nekonečných odkladech v provozu, Intercontinental Exchange, v investorském světě mimo kryptoměnovou komunitu, známá hlavně coby vlastník New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), spustil dnes nad ránem první regulované futures kontrakty vyrovnávané v bitcoinech. První kontrakt byl uzavřen dnes...
Bakkt Regulated Bitcoin Futures Now Live on Major Exchange
23.9.2019
Trading is now live for Bakkt’s regulated, physically-delivered daily and monthly bitcoin futures, with the first trade executed at 8:02 pm ET on Sunday. Customers’ bitcoins are stored in the Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian, regulated by the New York State Department of Financial...
Bakkt Is Finally Launching Its Bitcoin Futures Today. Here’s What to Expect
23.9.2019
Bakkt is finally launching Monday. Here’s what to expect from bitcoin’s first regulated, physically settled, institutionally focused futures market