Družba Bakkt Holdings bo objavljena na newyorški borzi

Skrbniška in trgovalna platforma kriptovalut Bakkt bo od 18. oktobra 2021 kotirana za trgovanje na newyorški borzi pod oznako BKKT. Podjetje je v lasti International Exchange Incorporated, ki je lastnica NYSE.

Bakkt Holdings has a current valuation in excess of $2 billion. Coinbase, a competitor to Bakkt, was also navedene on the NASDAQ in its own IPO in April of this year. 

The company first announced in January that it was making plans to go public, and is now ready to turn those plans into reality after merging with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings and securing a partnerstvo z Googlom. The merger saw the firm become Bakkt Holdings.

Bakkt Holdings gives users a platform to purchase, sell, and store digital assets. It also provides a bitcoin Terminske pogodbe trading service to approved investors, and a mobile payment app, enabling payments at merchants for everyday items.

Bakkt načrtovanje za prihodnost

Bakkt’s recent združitev z VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings will see $448M going into its coffers, which will be used for developmental investments and partnerships. The Google partnership will allow users of Bakkt’s Visa debit card to pay with bitcoin at merchants that accept Google Pay.

Po besedah ​​izvršnega direktorja podjetja Gavina Michaela bo njegov začetni poudarek na zagotavljanju partnerstev in širitvi digitalnih sredstev, ki jih ponuja. Google Cloud bo uporabljal tudi za izdelavo novega analitičnega mehanizma, ki bo uporabljal umetno inteligenco, strojno učenje in geolokacijo.

Zanimiva niša v kripto prostoru

In a sense, buying Class A common stock in a cryptocurrency company such as Bakkt Holdings can be thought of as indirectly investing in bitcoin. It will be interesting to see how much investors buy its stock, now that a bitcoin terminski ETF is set to begin trading on the same day. The company’s share price fluctuations are influenced by the cryptocurrencies’ volatilnosti. Bakkt is backed by venture capital firms Pantera Capital and Microsoft’s venture arm.

Bakkt would no doubt welcome the bolstering of its image, following unkept promises and undue hype in its infancy. Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler je bil obtožen of insider trading in early 2020 after dumping all her equities following a secretive senator meeting that occurred on Jan 24, 2020.