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Bakkt Introduces Payments App As Establishments Contend For Crypto-Assets

April 1, 2021

Bakkt believes its new crypto payments app can unlock quite $1 trillion value of digital assets for commerce. Major monetary establishments square measure increasing their cryptocurrency services, with Bakkt...

Bitcoin Exchange Bakkt To Become Public Listed On The NYSE

January 11, 2021

Bitcoin exchange Bakkt to become public listed on the NYSE. According to Monday's announcement, under the agreement, Baktt will join forces with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition ...

Crypto Exchange Bakkt Plans Public Listing with SPAC Merger

January 8, 2021

US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bakkt is planning for a public listing with a merger with blank-check acquisition firm, VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, and the two companies are already in advanced talks, Bl...

Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Daily Volume Nears $200 Million

September 16, 2020

Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform owned by the Intercontinental Exchange, has reported a record daily trading volume for its physically-settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts. 15,955 Bitcoin derivative contr...

Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Smashes Daily Volume Record By 36%

September 16, 2020

Despite the milestone, Bakkt’s future volumes pale in comparison to those of top crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi . Bakkt, a regulated platform for crypto asset custody and trading owned by Intercontinenta...

Former Bakkt Security Head Adam Healy Joins BlockFi

June 16, 2020

BlockFi, a platform offering crypto interest account and lending services, has announced on Tuesday the appointment of Adam Healy as its chief security officer. At the new role, Healy will be responsible for...

Bakkt-Parent to Acquire Bridge2 for Consumer App Development

June 2, 2020

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), also the parent of NYSE, announced on Wednesday its decision to acquire loyalty program provider Bridge2 Solutions, whose ownership will be transferred to its subsidiary Bakkt. ...

Former Bakkt CEO Under Fire For Selling Millions In Stock Just Before Market Crash

March 20, 2020

Senator Kelly Loeffler, former CEO of the Intercontinental Exchange’s cryptocurrency-venture Bakkt, has been under fire for selling millions of dollars worth of stock ahead of the recent market crash induced ...

Digital Asset Issuer Amun Is Launching Inverse Bitcoin ETP

January 23, 2020

Switzerland-based Amun has launched the 21Shares Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC) on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX), an exchange traded product tracking bitcoin’s price movements inversely. “If you’ve ever tried t...

Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Sworn Into United States Senate

January 8, 2020

Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler has been sworn into the United States Senate, as the state of Georgia’s newest Senator. As former CEO of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)-backed crypto trading platform Bakkt...