Bakkt Makes First Expansion Acquisition to Prepare Crypto Platform

At the end of 2018 Bakkt announced the closure of its first round of financial funding as a huge success. It has just expanded on that success with the announcement of its first official acquisition, an independent futures commission merchant.
Bakkt Buying Assets for Platform Launch
On New Year’s Eve, New York Stock Exchange owner ICE’s Bakkt announced that it had raised $182.5 million from 12 partners and investors who ‘believe in the future of digital assets’. At the ti