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Digital Assets: Bakkt and Swan Bitcoin Enable BTC Trading Across 49 US States

Bakkt Holdings, Inc.  (NYSE: BKKT), which has been struggling to maintain operations due to a shortage of cash reserves but has acquired financial resources to keep running operations for now, and Swan Bitcoin announced that the companies have enabled Bitcoin trading across 49 U.S. states… Read More

Bakkt Digital Asset Capabilities Activated Across Multiple International Jurisdictions

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) announced recently its activation of crypto capabilities in several new international markets in Asia, Europe, North America and South America with existing clients Hapi and SogoTrade. Bakkt and stock trading platform Hapi have reportedly “broadened their active crypto trading capabilities… Read More

Blockchain Professionals Share 2024 Outlook: Crypto Payments, Bitcoin ETFs, Global Expansion Are Focus Areas

As we enter 2024, CI has received insights from the CEO’s of crypto industry firms including professionals who are overseeing the operations of digital asset exchanges, custody platforms, payment product developers, and services associated with various other protocols. Bobby Zagotta, US CEO of Bitstamp, which… Read More

Bakkt Shares Statement on Digital Asset Regulation’s Role in Supporting Financial Inclusivity

Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT) recently had the opportunity to submit a statement for the “Connecting Communities: Building Innovation Ecosystems Across America” hearing, held by the House of Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion. At Bakkt, they believe that “a regulated and transparent crypto… Read More

Digital Assets: Unchained and Bakkt to Expand Custody Network

Unchained announced that Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) has agreed to join its network of collaborative custody partners. Bakkt joins Coincover and Kingdom Trust “as members of the network, providing Unchained’s collaborative custody offering with the greatest breadth in the industry, giving clients the most security and… Read More

Bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning Network Adoption: Bakkt to Take LN Mainstream

Bakkt is pleased to share that they are supporting a new open standard for money transmission: Universal Money Addresses or “UMAs.” Bakkt has collaborated with Lightspark to be one of its initial partners, and they are pleased to announce the alpha launch of our UMA-capable Lightning service…. Read More

Digital Assets: Bakkt Delists Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), Cardano (ADA) Due to Lack of Regulatory Clarity in the US

Only a couple months after finalizing a $155M acquisition of Apex Crypto, an established trading infrastructure provider, the New York–headquartered crypto-assets platform Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) is delisting three major digital currencies: Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and Cardano (ADA). Marc D’Annunzio, Bakkt General Counsel… Read More

Digital Asset Firm Bakkt to Enhance Focus on Business-to-Business-to-Consumer Solutions

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) announced that it is “furthering its focus on providing scalable business-to-business technology solutions and will be sunsetting its consumer-facing app.” Bakkt will “continue its core focus of providing businesses with crypto and loyalty experiences for their customers through SaaS and… Read More

Digital Asset Platform Bakkt to Acquire Apex Crypto

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that unlocks crypto and drives loyalty to create delightful, connected experiences for a broad range of clients, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Crypto, LLC from Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc. This acquisition is “expected… Read More

Bakkt Adds to Board of Directors

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset exchange, has announced two new members for its Board of Directors. De’Ana Dow, partner and general counsel at Capitol Counsel, LLC, and Jill Simeone, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY). Dow is described… Read More

Valliance Bank Selects Bakkt to Provide Clients Access to Crypto-Assets

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that enables clients to purchase, sell, send and spend a range of virtual currencies, has announced that Valliance Bank, a provider of various financial solutions, will provide clients access to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) via… Read More

Digital Asset Marketplace Bakkt Shares Fall Over 90%, Wiping out $10B in Market Cap

Outstanding shares of crypto-asset marketplace Bakkt Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) have fallen to an all-time low, eliminating about $10 billion in market value after achieving a record high (after the company’s highly-anticipated public market launch in October of last year). The Bakkt platform, which is… Read More

Manasquan Bank Chooses Bakkt to Provide Clients Access to Digital Assets

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that enables consumers to purchase, sell, send and spend various cryptocurrencies, announced that Manasquan Bank, a NJ-headquartered mutual community bank with total consolidated assets of $2.7 billion, will be “participating in its early adopter program, which,… Read More

Bakkt Shares Take Another Leap Higher as Good News Continues

Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) is moving higher once again – currently up by over 60% in pre-market trading. Yesterday, Bakkt announced a deal with Mastercard to power crypto transactions. The news was soon followed by a partnership with Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) to enable clients to move… Read More

Wow. Bakkt is Up Over 160% on the NYSE Following MasterCard – Crypto News

Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT), a digital asset exchange that became a publicly-traded company in a recent SPAC deal, is rocketing higher today following important news. As was previously reported, Mastercard will soon allow, banks and Fintechs to offer a broad set of cryptocurrency solutions and services by… Read More

Bitcoin Boom. Mastercard to Allow Crypto Integration, Korean Teachers Credit Union Invests in Bitcoin

If you are a Bitcoin maximalist, times are good. Reports keep rolling in regarding the acceptance and utilization of crypto and more specifically Bitcoin thus helping to drive the price of BTC higher. Today, CNBC is reporting that Mastercard will soon allow banks and merchants… Read More

Marqeta Now Powering Products for Coinbase, Bakkt, and More

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), says it is now powering crypto products for Coinbase, Fold, Shakepay, and Bakkt, according to a release from the company/ Marqeta is a Fintech that partners with firms to issue and manage “modern cards.” Marqeta says these new products allow customers to… Read More

Finastra and Bakkt Reveal Plans to Support Digital Asset Trading for Community Banks, Credit Unions

Finastra and Bakkt announced on October 13, 2021 their plans to make Bakkt’s digital marketplace and wallet available via Finastra’s open developer platform and app store, FusionFabric.cloud. Through the partnership, Bakkt, the platform that enables clients to purchase, sell, store and spend various crypto-assets, including… Read More

Bakkt Teams Up with Google to Offer Digital Assets to Millions of Consumers

Bakkt, a digital asset marketplace that enables consumers to purchase, sell, send and spend cryptocurrencies, has formed a partnership with Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in order to extend the reach and usability of virtual currencies to meet growing consumer demand and preferences. As mentioned in a… Read More

Bitcoin Payments: Bakkt Teams Up with Quiznos to Enable Clients to Pay with BTC at Select Locations

Bakkt Holdings, LLC, the digital asset marketplace that’s behind the Bakkt App, revealed earlier this week that it has partnered with Quiznos, a national quick-service restaurant (QSR), in order to offer its first physical location pilot “enabling Quiznos customers to pay with bitcoin at select… Read More

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