
Bakkt crypto trading platform to go live in December
The cryptocurrency trading platform Bakkt is set to go live, a collaborative effort involving ICE, Starbucks and Microsoft, has a target date of December 12.
The cryptocurrency trading platform Bakkt is set to go live, a collaborative effort involving ICE, Starbucks and Microsoft, has a target date of December 12.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company behind the New York Stock Exchange and startup crypto platform Bakkt, has announced its first product for the Bakkt platform—physical crypto futures.
The sixth installment in a weekly column, A Power of Facing examines the financialization of cryptocurrency and what that means with giants such as ICE and its Bakkt project entering the ecosystem.
Bakkt is a joint project between International Exchange (ICE), which operates the New York Stock Exchange, and several big name companies including Starbucks, BCG and Microsoft.
Coffee retailer Starbucks clarified that it would not be accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for coffee and croissants purchases. At least, not yet.