{"id":18232,"date":"2018-08-20T18:09:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=18232"},"modified":"2018-08-20T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:09:10","slug":"bakkt-continues-to-gather-global-support-ahead-of-a-busy-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/bakkt-continues-to-gather-global-support-ahead-of-a-busy-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakkt Continues to Gather Global Support Ahead of a Busy Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
On the 3rd of August this year, the firm that owns the New York Stock Exchange – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – announced that it was forming a new company<\/a> known as Bakkt. The latter firm would be \u00a0a new company to push Bitcoin and other digital assets towards becoming mainstream financial assets. The new venture is expected to launch later in November this year.<\/p>\n Other firms included in Bakkt would be other Wallstreet ‘heavyweights’ such as Microsoft, Starbucks, BCG, an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, Eagle Seven, Galaxy Digital, Horizons Ventures, Alan Howard, Pantera Capital, Protocol Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, LLP and more.<\/p>\n Bakkt has since received overwhelming support as can be seen with its official Twitter page<\/a> already having 15,800 followers as well as receiving enthusiastic tweets from followers.<\/p>\n15.8k Followers on Twitter Already<\/strong><\/h4>\n