The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is reportedly eyeing a New York license for its long-delayed crypto exchange Bakkt. With Bakkt’s launch having been held up for five months, apparently over persuading the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)…
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NYSE Parent ICE Anticipates Over $20 Million Spend on Bakkt This Year
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, estimates it will spend more than $20 million this year in building Bakkt, its bitcoin futures trading and custody platform. In an earnings call for Q4, 2018, on…
Launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Market May Get Postponed Again
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is likely to delay the launch of Bakkt, its bitcoin futures trading and custody platform, a second time, CoinDesk has learned. The company last set Jan. 24 as the…
NYSE Parent ICE’s New Futures Contract Will Deliver Real Bitcoin
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the Atlanta-based firm that owns the New York Stock Exchange, announced Friday that it plans to launch a digital assets platform and a bitcoin futures product. Called Bakkt, the platform will leverage Microsoft’s cloud to build “an…
ICE CEO Won’t ‘Rule Out’ Crypto Futures Launch
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) won’t “rule out” cryptocurrency-based futures contracts. ICE chief executive Jeffrey Sprecher discussed the issue in an interview with Bloomberg TV Monday, saying it is “early days” for the asset class, but that he could not ignore…