Bakkt picked a tough day to begin securing assets, but it’s still been on bitcoin’s highlight reel in 2019. | Source: Shutterstock Bakkt has been hailed as the leading catalyst for the bitcoin market this year, while visions of institutional capital danced in the crypto community’s collective heads. Today the bitcoin futures exchange made one giant...Read More
The much-anticipated, fully-regulated Bitcoin exchange and custody offering from Bakkt looks on track to make good on its previously-announced launch date later this month. The company has just announced that its Warehouse custody solution is now open for customer deposits and withdrawals.The Bakkt platform seeks to make investing in Bitcoin more friendly to institutional investors...Read More
Bakkt announced that it is opening a Warehouse. Its potential clients are those customers willing to deposit Bitcoin as well as withdraw it. It seems that the company is preparing for the introduction of its futures. Today Bakkt opened its long-awaited Warehouse for customer Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals. As they said in their tweet: Today...Read More
A $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction became conspicuous because its sender spent far too much on fees. Some are guessing at the origin and destination of the funds with some believing it’s tied with Bakkt. There was a $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction whose sender spent a bit too much on fees. Social media users...Read More
While Bitcoin price makes a comeback, XRP community investors warn Ripple overselling the XRP tokens as part of the company’s investments. After last week’s poor performance, Bitcoin is back in action swinging above $10,500 levels. Bitcoin price started gaining momentum since Monday, September 2 and added $1000 over the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin price...Read More
VanEck and SolidX are reportedly selling a “limited version” of a bitcoin ETF after every BTC ETF proposal has been rejected by the SEC. | Source: Shutterstock Primarily targeting institutional investors, VanEck and SolidX are reportedly selling a “limited version” of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) after every bitcoin ETF proposal has been rejected by...Read More
Bitcoin Futures have faced unusual hurdles from the US authorities. There are ways around this but these ways are often limited and high risk. However, Vaneck Securities and Solidx seem to have found the solution. Due to the many regulatory hurdles that the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed on the implementation...Read More
In a relief rally for the investors, Bitcoin price jumped 6% to move above $10,000 levels. With today’s move Bitcoin alone contributes to 70% of the overall cryptocurrency market cap. The Bitcoin price is finally back above its crucial support of $10,000 levels giving its investors a sigh-of-relief. Last week, Bitcoin crashed below $9500 making...Read More
Bitcoin posted modest gains in its September debut as the US introduced additional tariffs of 15 percent on $112 billion of Chinese goods.Bitcoin trending higher gradually | Image Credits: TradingView.comThe benchmark cryptocurrency added 0.20 percent to trade at $9,800 in early Monday morning, bringing its local net rebound up by as much as 5.8 percent –...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is planning to pay users to decide how its new Bitcoin futures trading platform should operate. Binance: Two Platforms, 100,000 BNB In a blog post issued on September 2, the exchange said it had created two standalone versions of a futures trading platform, and would select the final option via a user...Read More
Max Keiser bets on Bitcoin’s sharply rising hashrate and the Game Theory to back his predictions. He says hashrate, and not the Bitcoin price, is the true indicator of the crypto’s inherent strength. The last month of August 2019 ended almost on a flat note for Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency consolidated around $10,000 levels. In...Read More
The Bakkt launch is one of the most anticipated and talked about in the sector currently. We take a look at whether or not this means anything for Bitcoin at all. It’s less than a month until Bakkt officially launches its Bakkt Warehouse. From Friday, the 6th of September, interested users will have access to...Read More
Bitcoin price surprises the market by slipping below $10K levels on August 28. Crytpo analysts trace Bitcoin whales moving massive BTC tokens ahead this week. On Wednesday, August 28, Bitcoin price showed a sudden downward movement crashing below $10,000 levels in just a few minutes. The BTC movement surely took the crypto investors by surprise...Read More
Bitcoin has lost almost 7% during the last 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap data, taking analysts by surprise. Here are main reasons why the cryptocurrency is testing new support levels right now. CME’s Bitcoin Futures Bitcoin’s latest crash, which started on Wednesday afternoon, sent prices below the $9,500 level for the first time since July....Read More
Coinpedia had reported about Bakkt’s Futures Launch. Intercontinental Exchange‘s (ICE’s) Bakkt platform has tweeted about Bakkt’s Warehouse starting this Sept 6. Bakkt’s Warehouse will offer secure storage of customer bitcoin to prepare Bakkt Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures launch on Sept 23. Moreover, the platform will enable the physical delivery of Bitcoin with end-to-end regulated...Read More
Cryptocurrency figures are putting renewed faith in Bakkt to lift markets after the company announced it was ready to launch Bitcoin storage. Bakkt: Bitcoin Storage Starts Next Week Bakkt, a cryptocurrency ecosystem for institutional investors, is currently testing its first product, physical Bitcoin futures. The main launch will begin next month. As of September 6,...Read More
Bitcoin and a few major altcoins have shocked the market as they have shed significant weight in a considerably short time. Right now, the crypto market prices have lost billions and there is no pointer to a bull run in the near future. The entire crypto market has been in a free fall of sorts...Read More
The Bakkt Warehouse will provide the safe and secure of physical Bitcoin tokens in a regulated environment starting from September 6th. The Warehouse facility is specifically designed for its physically-settled Bitcoin Futures contracts. Intercontinental Exchange‘s (ICE’s) Bakkt platform has already started some initial preparations as it is set to launch its Bitcoin Futures contracts in...Read More
Today Bakkt revealed that one of the most important pieces of the puzzle is in place. They are days away from securely custodying bitcoin for clients. | Source: Shutterstock For months we didn’t hear a peep out of Bakkt, and now the NYSE owner-backed exchange won’t hush and it’s music to the ears of the...Read More
Photo: Anchorage / Medium Anchorage clients who hold Stellar or Tezos now are in for a treat. Anchorage just announced that they are adding these assets to its list of eligible assets, the company co-founder and president Diogo Monica announced in a medium blog post. For those who hold Stellar, they can now receive inflation...Read More
American investor and Morgan Creek Digital Assets co-founder Anthony Pompliano appeared on CNBC on August 20th. According to him, there is a lot of infrastructure making Bitcoin. Basically, to come out as a long haul asset in the global economy. During the course of interview, Kernen the host at CNBC asked Pomp whether he believed...Read More
As soon as Bitcoin dropped below the $10,600 level and failed to climb over heavy resistance, it demonstrated a steep fall to $10,068 within a span of minutes. According to some analysts, the drop could possibly signal a short term trend line breakdown if the asset fails to close above $10,200. Even though yesterday we...Read More
American investor and Morgan Creek Digital Assets co-founder Anthony Pompliano says that Bitcoin will end up in every institutional investor’s portfolio. American investor and Morgan Creek Digital Assets co-founder Anthony Pompliano says that Bitcoin will end up in every institutional investor’s portfolio. In an interview with CNBC on Aug. 20, Pompliano said that every single...Read More
This week, the Intercontinental Exchange-owned Bakkt announced the date it would finally launch its much-anticipated and long-awaited Bitcoin Futures trading product, and Bitcoin price responded by spiking over $400 over the course of the next few hours, nearly reaching $11,000 before experiencing a pullback.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Bitcoin has failed the $11,000 test again although it was a pretty half-hearted attempt. Touching $10,948 on Coinbase, the price quickly retreated to currently trade at . Just as the 200 MA on the day chart is providing support, it is the 4-hour 200 MA that s the resistance that could prove a hard nut...Read More
Crypto sector has been waiting for the launch of Bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt for a long time now. This should happen finally at September 23. Within 48 hours after the big reveal, Bitcoin surged by 10 percent. Owner of the New York Stock Exchange, International Exchange, will finally start offering futures contracts paid out...Read More
Photo: INX / Twitter INX Limited is a cryptocurrency exchange startup which plans to do an IPO as their token sale. The main difference is that this time the whole party wants to be properly regulated. While it is known that the 2017 ICO craze was completely unregulated and everybody could get away with it,...Read More
Bakkt is a platform for institutional investors and anyone else to buy bitcoin through its legally compliant system. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been waiting for the launch of bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt. Recently, the crypto community rejoiced as the ICE-operated company announced the official launch date of Sept....Read More
Where is the bitcoin price heading? Image from Shutterstock. By CCN Markets: Since the official announcement of Bakkt’s bitcoin futures market launch on August 17, the bitcoin price has surged by well over 6 percent against the U.S. dollar to $10,700. On Saturday, before Bakkt received green light from the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission...Read More
Many cryptocurrency supporters believe the technology allows for the separation of money and state in a manner that’s never been seen before. Governments inflict two forms of robbery against nonviolent citizens by forcing them to pay taxes while also stealing from them silently through inflation. Now there’s a wide array of digital currencies competing in...Read More
