Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform for institutional investors from the owner of the New York Stock Exchange ICE, has closed the first round of financing. As reported the company, it has attracted 182.5 million dollars.
12 partners took part in the round, including the Boston Consulting Group, CMT Digital, Galaxy Digital, Goldfinch Partners, Alan Howard, Horizons Ventures, Microsoft's venture capital division, as well as the Intercontinental Exchange itself and others.
The company assured the community that it continues to work on the creation of an institutional infrastructure for trading cryptocurrencies , but did not provide additional information regarding the approximate launch dates for Bakkt, which, according to recent reports, can be transferred again.
“We submitted an application to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the timing of approval will depend on the regulatory review process ,” writes Bakkt's CEO Kelly Löffler.
In 2018, she called “the most active in the short ten-year cryptocurrency history”, pointing to increased investments in distributed registry technology and digital assets, as well as blockchain network metrics, such as daily bitcoin transactions and the number of active addresses.
“At the same time, people often forget about such achievements, devoting all their attention to the price of Bitcoin , which some consider to be an indicator for the potential of technology ,” adds Löffler.
The quality of markets, regulation, scaling, security and practical application scenarios are key to building a sound foundation and developing innovation. We are going to devote ourselves to this kind of work in 2019. ”
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