Bakkt

The Bakkt cryptocurrency platform from Intercontinental Exchange Corporation (ICE) has announced that as early as September 6, customers awaiting the launch of trading in Bitcoin deliverable futures will be able to make deposits. On Sept 6, our Warehouse will begin offering secure storage of customer bitcoin to prepare for the launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures when they launch on Sept […]

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) reported a record in 2019 indicators of the average daily volume of bitcoin futures trading, which indicates a renewed interest in the first cryptocurrency from investors, Forbes reports. As Tim McCourt, Managing Director of CME Group, noted, the activity of traders has grown significantly compared to August last year. “Since the beginning of the year, an average of 7,237 […]

Against the background of another drop in the price of bitcoin, after which the majority of the leading altcoins went into the “red zone”, the cryptocurrency “fear and greed index” fell to a record low value of 5 points. The specified index was developed by the alternative.me portal, the authors of which declare that when compiling it, they analyze such factors as volatility, market dynamics, trading volumes, social media trends, data of various […]

The cryptocurrency platform Bakkt acquired the developer of custodial solutions DACC for $ 11 million. This follows from the analysis of the financial report of the parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for the second quarter, reports The Block. So, on the eighth page of the document the amount that ICE spent on the purchases of other companies over the course of six months is indicated – it amounted to $ 352 million. However, the report said that […]

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated that they did not give the provider of cryptocurrency derivatives LedgerX permission to launch deliverable bitcoin futures. It is reported by CoinDesk. The fact that LedgerX received the license of the authorized derivatives market from CFTC in June was reported by the company itself, and yesterday, on July 31, the successful launch of the tool was announced. Thus institutional and […]