Tag: Bakkt

Quantum Finance and computing may have additional upsides for BTC. Quantum Finance and computing could allow banks to more accurately quantify their risk, opening additional opportunities to invest in Bitcoin. Some of the biggest names in banking have confirmed they’re targeting research investment into the nascent field of quantum finance. The move comes after Google […]

Crypto Exchange Update covers the latest and the most significant news from some of the most popular digital asset exchanges. This article focuses on the relevant news from Bakkt, Binance, Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase, OKCoin, and OKEx for the week 7 October 2019 to 14 October 2019. Bakkt Crypto Exchange October 10: Bakkt, which launched trading of its physically-settled Bitcoin futures on […]

The Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Trading platform is starting to build momentum after a disappointingly uneventful launch. On Thursday 10 October, the exchange reported 224 BTC contracts had been traded, which equates to around $1.83 million. That figure is 3,100% higher than the mere 7 Bitcoin contracts that were traded on the very first day, only […]

Forget the recent bearish momentum and Bakkt’s disappointing launch. Here are five reminders of why you should still be HODL your Bitcoin. More Secure Than Ever to HODL Bitcoin At the end of last month, despite an extended period of sideways trading, Bitcoin hit its first-ever 100 quintillion hash rate level. On September 26, Bitcoin […]

The interest of institutions has been on the decline in cryptocurrencies. The much-hyped launch of Bakkt failed to generate enough trading volume during the first week. Mentions of interest in bitcoin from institutions in news headlines have plummeted to a yearly low. In the last year, there has been significant growth in the value of […]

Bitcoin dropped 20 percent in the past week. Analysts say they know who is responsible for Bitcoin Price Crash. A report by JP Morgan Chase & Co Friday said the underwhelming launch of ICE’s Bitcoin futures contracts exchange, Bakkt, is responsible for Bitcoin’s latest price crash. The project’s price fell off a cliff last week, […]

After more than a year spent ensuring full compliance with the United States authorities, Bakkt, the first federally regulated platform for Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading, launched on September 23. Conceived by the global trading giant Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and counting a solid portfolio of investors from Microsoft’s venture fund M12 to Starbucks as its backers, […]

Bakkt‘s much-anticipated futures platform was launched two days ago, and TheCoinrise Crypto News Alert that scammers have already started attacking the company by fooling the investors and steal their digital assets. A fake website, bakktlaunch.com was launched recently and like every other scam, is asking for investors to participate in a crypto giveaway. Bakkt’s much-anticipated […]

Hello, volatility! While it has been only two hours since our last BTC price – Bitcoin market update, the cryptocurrency market has taken a further beating. A beating that likely caught bulls with their pants down. For those that haven’t been perusing Crypto Twitter over the past few days, ever since Bakkt launched, the Bitcoin […]

In a flash, Bitcoin price plunges to as low as $8,370 on Tuesday, sinking well below a series of resistance levels in rapid succession. Currently trading at $8,451 at time of writing, the leading cryptocurrency took a steep 13% nosedive within minutes. The precipitous fall marks the first time Bitcoin has dipped below $9,000 since […]

Over the past two days, we had seen Bitcoin Prices slowly melting down, marking the $9600 support as its current daily low. Bakkt futures launch, as expected, was more like a “sell on the news event.” So far, the volume there is very minimal, also when compared to the CME launch day, back in December […]

Bakkt’s bitcoin futures launch yesterday was underwhelming but it has not had any impact on crypto market crush which are doing exactly what they have done for the past couple of years. Another Slide For Crypto Market Crush Another day another dump. There is nothing out of the ordinary with today’s market action which has […]

The launch of the Bakkt platform might not have been accompanied by the fireworks in the Bitcoin market that some were expecting but the firm’s CEO is still confident in the positive impact it will have on the industry. Kelly Loeffler believes that Bakkt represents an “important step” for the industry. Many Bitcoin fans had […]

We interview leading crypto figureheads on whether Bakkt will be a huge boom for Bitcoin Price or a damp squib. Bakkt, a bitcoin futures exchange and digital asset platform, launched its Bitcoin futures contracts today. Bakkt users can now enter into daily and monthly futures contracts: Agreements wherein the buyer of a contract bets that […]

18 Bitcoin (BTC) in volume has been traded since the launch of Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s Bakkt platform yesterday, Sept. 22. – Bitcoin Price Falls The much-anticipated contracts — the first of their kind to be physically settled in Bitcoin — went live at 8 PM EST on Sept. 22 (00:00 UTC […]

Bakkt, the crypto custodian and crypto derivatives exchange subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), launched trading in its highly-anticipated physically-delivered Bitcoin futures at 00:00 UTC on Monday (23 September 2019). The first Bakkt BTC futures trade was executed just two minutes after the launch, which Bakkt announced […]

The CEO of Intercontinental Bakkt Cryptocurrency Exchange, says he and his team are nervous about Monday’s launch. In a new interview with Fortune, Jeff Sprecher says Bakkt Cryptocurrency Exchange has experienced a flood of curiosity on the company’s imminent launch of BTC futures that will be settled in actual Bitcoin instead of cash. He believes […]

On Sep. 23, Bakkt will launch physically delivered Bitcoin BTC ) futures. Does that mean the firm is about to become the first end-to-end regulated cryptocurrency exchange with this kind of offer? Let’s investigate. To encourage the participation of institutions in Bitcoin, in 2018, Bakkt announced their plans to address such well-known issues as AML/KYC, […]