The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it has granted a charter under New York Banking Law to Bakkt Trust to operate as a limited liability trust company. This is the first virtual currency trust company application approved under Superintendent of...
Bitcoin exchange Bakkt has hired PayPal and Google alum Mike Blandina as its chief product officer. Previously, Blandina was at Google Wallet, where he was engineering director of payments, and at PayPal as vice president of engineering. He joins former Worldpay exec Balaji Devarasetty, as well...
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s plans to launch bitcoin futures in November of last year have been delayed because of regulators. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, plans for ICE, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, to roll out...
Bitcoin jumped to a one-month high as it hit $3,727 this weekend — it’s highest level since Jan. 19. Its 24-hour trading volume also rose to above $8 billion for the first time since Dec. 20. As CoinDesk explained, the cryptocurrency’s boost indicates a bearish-to-bullish trend...
August 29, 2023
Grayscale Investments, a prominent crypto asset manager, has won a court ruling that requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reconsider its application for the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). This ruling is seen as a setback for SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s efforts to regulate the crypto market, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Aug. 29). […]
August 19, 2019
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it has granted a charter under New York Banking Law to Bakkt Trust to operate as a limited liability...
April 15, 2019
Bitcoin exchange Bakkt has hired PayPal and Google alum Mike Blandina as its chief product officer. Previously, Blandina was at Google Wallet, where he was engineering director of payments, and at...
March 22, 2019
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s plans to launch bitcoin futures in November of last year have been delayed because of regulators. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with...
