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The Launch of ICE-SIGMA Asia Digital Will Provide a Unique Opportunity to Rethink How We Live and Work
12.5.2020
SiGMA Group has announced that, due to the C-19 global crisis, both the SiGMA Manila and AIBC Manila expos, planned for June 8-9 2020, will now be rescheduled to May 27-28, 2021. In line with SiGMA Group’s commitment to facilitating new business opportunities for key players in the global iGaming...
Ex-Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Got $9M Payout as She Left for US Senate: Report
7.5.2020
Senator Kelly Loeffler received the hefty payout from her husband's company, Intercontinental Exchange, as she left bitcoin company Bakkt to take up her political position
ICE Paid Loeffler $9 Million Bonus Right Before She Entered the Senate
6.5.2020
Financial statement reviews show the Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE, gifted U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler millions during her departure from its daughter company, Bakkt
US Senator Loeffler Reports 2019 Income of $3.5M From Role as CEO of Bakkt
4.5.2020
US Senator and former Bakkt CEO finally filed her financial disclosures after a four-month extension and an insider trading scandal, revealing that she is very rich indeed
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
Bail Bloc Founder Says How Monero Mining Can Help ICE Detainees
3.4.2020
The Bail Bloc project is using Monero donations to help detainees being held by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Bitcoin Codebase Preserved for 1,000 Years in Archive Under Arctic Ice
1.4.2020
GitHub is to archive the Bitcoin codebase and store it under the Arctic permafrost for 1,000 years
ASX’s Long-in-the-Works DLT Plan on Ice Amid Coronavirus Concerns
25.3.2020
With COVID-19 fast spreading in Australia, the stock exchange is pausing the project until June to reassess the situation
ICE Pushes Back on Claim Ex-Bakkt CEO Dumped Stocks After Senate COVID Briefing
20.3.2020
U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband sold up to $3.5 million in stock after a Jan. 24 briefing on COVID-19, but ICE says the transactions were conducted by financial advisors who had no input from the two
ICE Reveals Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program Targeting P2P and Darknet Markets
28.2.2020
ICE’s Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program aims to identify unlicensed money transmitters operating on peer-to-peer and darknet markets
ICE’s New Intel Program Used in Every Homeland Security Crypto Investigation
28.2.2020
ICE’s recently-revealed “Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program” is deployed in all crypto-facing Homeland Security investigations, says the agent whose unit built the tool
US Develops Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program Targeting P2P Sites, Forums, Darknet Markets
24.2.2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revealed a cryptocurrency intelligence program aimed at identifying unlicensed crypto businesses using P2P sites, online forums, and darknet markets. These areas have consistently presented “a significant challenge to law enforcement” and...
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...
ICE CEO: New Acquisition Opens Trillion-Dollar Market for Bakkt
6.2.2020
Bakkt's pending acquisition of Bridge2 Solutions, a loyalty program marketplace, will "expand Bakkt's presence across an asset class that today spans over $1 trillion in value," says its parent firm ICE's CEO Jeffrey Sprecher
ICE Announces Software Platform Acquisition for Upcoming Bakkt App
5.2.2020
Bakkt intends to acquire software platform Bridge2 Solutions for its consumer application
ICE Snaps Up Loyalty Program Provider Bridge2 to Boost Bakkt’s Consumer Play
5.2.2020
Intercontinental Exchange, Bakkt's parent firm, has acquired loyalty services provider Bridge2 Solutions to boost Bakkt's efforts to build a consumer-focused crypto payments app
Demand for Crypto Derivatives Swells as CME’s Bitcoin Volume Rises
22.1.2020
The global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has seen considerable demand since launching its options contracts in the wake of the firm’s bitcoin futures. On the first day of swaps, CME’s bitcoin options saw 55 contracts ($2.3 million). By the end of the week,...
CME Takes Its Bitcoin Options Live, Competing With ICE’s Bakkt
13.1.2020
The Chicago exchange has announced its highly-anticipated bitcoin options are now open for trading
Former Bakkt CEO to Help Oversee CFTC in Congress
8.1.2020
Newly appointed senator Kelly Loeffler is to join the committee that oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, raising concerns of a possible conflict of interest
ICE Appoints Insiders as New CEO and President Of Bakkt
23.12.2019
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)-backed Bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt has found its new leaders inside the company.
ICE announced today that it has appointed Mike Blandina as CEO of Bakkt, as well as Adam White as its President, starting December 20. This comes after founding...