Bakkt has made it known that it has been granted approval by the necessary regulators and therefore will be launching its much-awaited platform for daily and monthly futures in the U.S. on the 23rd of September this year. Since the firm announced the coming of physically delivered futures in August 2018, it has become a...Read More
Bakkt has announced that it will be launching its bitcoin futures trading platform in September 2019. In a blog post published on August 16, 2019, the cryptocurrency trading company announced that its long-anticipated futures product will be going live on September 23, 2019, following approval to create a qualified custodian trust company from the New...Read More
Yesterday’s big announcement that regulatory approval has been granted to Bakkt could be the best news bitcoin investors have had this year. It opens the door to institutional investors and is a huge step forward for crypto industry legitimization in the US. Bakkt To Launch Next Month After months of procrastination, the new cryptocurrency trading...Read More
Bakkt, a subsidiary of ICE(Intercontinental Exchange), has got a clearance to launch the much awaited Futures Trading on 23rd September, 2019. As we write, Bakkt has already started User Acceptance Testing to release the vision in September. In a Medium post, CEO Kelly Loeffler, quoted “Clear to Launch”, stating that their much awaited and highly...Read More
Bitcoin price has remained in five figures as we begin another weekend. There appear to be enough buyers in the high $9000 range to prevent the asset from falling further, and for the second time in as many days, BTC has pushed back over the $10,000 mark. Bitcoin Price Over 7% Up From an intraday...Read More
The long-awaited Bakkt platform has finally been given an official launch date. The regulated Bitcoin futures platform will go live on September 23, 2019.Naturally, the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency community has greeted the news with optimism. The price of Bitcoin has responded favourably in the short time since Bakkt made the announcement too.Wait, Weren’t There...Read More
Bakkt has won approval from US regulators to trade physically-settled bitcoin futures, a move many believe would legitimize the cryptocurrency industry before institutional investors. The Intercontinental Exchange’s subsidiary announced on Friday that the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) had given them clearance to acquire a New York state trust charter. That would provide...Read More
Photo: Unsplash Last time we wrote of how Bitcoin futures contracts platform Bakkt was going to launch its services in the third quarter of this year. And now it will become possible thanks to gaining the approval from the NYDFS that would enable it to operate as a limited-purpose firm. CEO of Bakkt, Kelly Loeffler,...Read More
The bitcoin price spiked after regulated futures platform Bakkt announced it had received approval to launch in September. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bakkt, a bitcoin futures trading platform operated by ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), finally received approval from the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to...Read More
Bitcoin price has been trapped in a symmetrical triangle for weeks now, bouncing back and forth between the top and bottom resistance and supports, making increasingly lower peaks and higher troughs, but breaking news surrounding Bakkt may have just ended any bearish pressure for the time being.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
After a long wait, the highly anticipated Bakkt physically settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures product is almost a reality, as the company announced today that they are cleared to launch their platform and product in the coming weeks.This news has since spread like wildfire across the crypto industry and even led Bitcoin to spike nearly 4%...Read More
