Latest Bakkt News: Finextra Research

Bakkt sees shares plunge as crypto firm loses major customers

Shares in digital asset player Bakkt tumbled by more than a third on news that the firm has lost two major customers, Bank pf America and Webull.

19 March 2025

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Bakkt kills off consumer app

Digital asset player Bakkt is sunsetting its consumer app and focussing on its business-to-business-to-consumer offering.

13 February 2023

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Mastercard partners Bakkt for crypto push

Mastercard is joining force with Bakkt to make it easier for merchants, banks and fintechs to offer cryptocurrency services.

25 October 2021

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Bakkt partners Quiznos to pilot restaurant bitcoin payments

Digital asset marketplace Bakkt has teamed up with Quiznos Restaurants to pilot in-store bitcoin payments.

05 August 2021

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ICE unit Bakkt to list on the Nyse

Digital assets marketplace Bakkt, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, is to list on the New York Stock Exchange through a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital.

12 January 2021

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ICE's Bakkt raises $300 million for consumer market push

IntercontinentalExchange's digital asset unit Bakkt has raised $300 million in Series B funding to finance a push into the retail market.

17 March 2020

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Starbucks to test digital asset app from Bakkt

Cryptocurrency trading platform Bakkt is preparing to test a consumer app for digital assets with Starbucks early next year.

29 October 2019

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ICE unit Bakkt to launch Bitcoin futures contracts next month

Intercontinental Exchange's new Bakkt subsidiary has received the regulatory green light to start offering custody and physically delivered Bitcoin futures contracts.

19 August 2019

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