Definitely good news. Most likely going to create more liquidity in the market for hopefully lower volatility.

Still fingers crossed for the ETF though, even though some people are saying that the rate of success is low.

Bitcoin being treated as an asset commodity is the best scenario from a legal point of view. This will guarantee liquidity, while not taking away the total control of who owns Bitcoin. That's the way it's going, and maybe that means BTC-backed currencies.

That name.....Bakkt ...

But the most important part:


Now, this a real game changer!!
Unlike CME in which no real bitcoins are traded and the settlements are in $ this will be a lot more interesting, you'll have to come up with the coins!!!

Forget SEC, Samsung and all the BMW accepting bitcoin fake news.
For the very first time in what it felt like ages, I'm really feeling a bit bullish

And this time the news is real, Reuters also quoted them


Starbucks already is bigger that some banks when it comes to their cards, imagine the option in turning those to BTC 

I mean, take a look at their website to start with(if this is indeed their website): https://www.bakkt.com/index

Looks like a first Wordpress website made by some random beginner dude. Makes me more skeptical.

it seems like this is good news, where BTC starts to be accepted by several platforms
it seems that BTC's steps must be like this, where it is not possible for everyone to simultaneously accept BTC, but it needs to go through some careful consideration of the parties concerned

This is very good news. I think with the explosion in market caps over the last few years, and with stories of new billionaires whobuilt their wealth on cryptocurrencies, the mainstream financial institutions are taking notice. Of course Wall Street wants its cut.

Oh    Mother of God!!!!!

I'm probably getting too old to keep up with "modern' times but still, what the hell is that?


Ok, maybe it is art but who thought of putting that art on this website who is supposed to be the new huge thing in crypto, and who designed it ?
Seriously, do they think that crypto lovers are mad about this stuff?

Oh, and another thing, the domain was registered just 28 days ago, seems like they rushed things, a lot!!!!!

This is indeed a good news for everyone. After an ETF declining and one still pending in the penalty, this a hope of light for whom who gets affected by news or hype. Thus, NYSE is recognizing BTC an important way of exchanging values like as asset or money, that is why they declared about a market based on BTC. The world is changing.

Wow this is really great news,  like i always say positive news trigger the price or success of project because every body want to in positive and profit project so with this great news i can say bitcoin will gain more and more users or investors definatily the price will boom again.

The most interesting part of the news is "Physically settled bitcoin futures" here! That essentially means that the company will have to buy large amounts of bitcoins to keep as an underlying asset of the future contract, that will effectively take out large quantity of the bitcoins out of the circulation pushing the price to the higher notch.

I searched through the parent company's website to know more about the news. My findings below,

1. The new company name will be Bakkt.
2. ICE is partnering with big names like Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft and Starbucks to draw expertise for risk management, technology and consumer experience.
3. The physically settled bitcoin future is expected to go live from November 2018.

I encourage everyone to read the news from the ICE website itself which offers more information on this matter. Link below,

http://ir.theice.com/press/press-releases/all-categories/2018/08-03-2018-133022149

Indeed a cheering day which already helped me to beat the Monday morning blues while going to office!