Bakkt

Shares of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (NASDAQ: VIH), a blank-check company, soared over 64% in the after-hours session on Thursday after news emerged that it was negotiating a merger with Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE: ICE)-owned cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt.  What Happened: The...

Deribit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange based in Amsterdam, formally launched connectivity with Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a provider of trading software, infrastructure and data solutions. As part of the development, Deribit users now have access, through the TT...

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), a derivatives and options exchange operating in Chicago and New York, formally announced the launch of options on Bitcoin (BTC) futures Monday, delivering on the growing interest and demand for a cash-settled instrument that allows for more efficient exposure and...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga.   The final month of the year has historically been a heady time for cryptocurrency markets, and this year is looking like it will...

Bakkt, a subsidiary of New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE: ICE), launched its long-awaited physically backed Bitcoin futures Monday.  The first Bakkt/ICE futures contract changed hands at $10,115 and the number of contracts in the first hour stood at just five...

Bakkt, a subsidiary of New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange, has finally announced a launch date for its physically delivered Bitcoin Futures: Sept. 23.   This could signal the beginning of institutional participation in crypto, according to industry players....

Bitcoin has come a long way from being a questionable unit of transaction for illicit uses to near-mainstream acceptance. It hasn't been a cakewalk for the digital currency. Satoshi Nakamoto, widely recognized as the founder of bitcoin, mailed the white paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer...