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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz Comments on His Partnership with Bakkt

Wed, 06/10/2020 - 16:05
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Alex Dovbnya
Bakkt responds to growing institutional demand by offering a new Bitcoin service together with Galaxy Digital
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz Comments on His Partnership with Bakkt
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In a recent tweet, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says that he’s ‘proud’ of his company’s recent partnership with Bakkt, a cryptocurrency subsidiary owned by Intercontinental Exchange.

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The two firms have teamed up to offer a ‘white-glove’ Bitcoin service that will allow deep-pocketed institutional clients to buy, trade, and store Bitcoin, according to a recently published press release.  

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Strong institutional demand

2020 wasn’t particularly kind to both Bakkt and Galaxy Digital. The former saw its Bitcoin options flopping miserably with literally zero interest from traders while the latter is expected to extend its streak of losses due to the pandemic-driven market crash in March. 

However, John Conneely, who oversees Bakkt’s custody business, tells Bloomberg that they are now seeing mushrooming institutional demand for cryptocurrencies:

This partnership that we put in place was really in response to demand we’ve been seeing in the last three months from institutions with a capital ‘I.’ 

Wall Street is now a new beacon of hope for the fledgling industry after legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones disclosed his Bitcoin bet back in May. 

As reported by U.Today, mutual funds titan Fidelity Investments recently revealed that Bitcoin was already owned by more than a quarter of close to 800 surveyed institutions. 

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The lines are blurring

Tim Plakas of Galaxy Digital Trading said that their partnership with Bakkt also reflects the maturation of cryptocurrency-related brokerage services. 

In the digital-asset space there’s a large push toward offering prime brokerage services that don’t exist in a very mature way. 

In the meantime, Messari’s researcher Ryan Watkins believes that the fact that multiple firms are scrambling to offer Bitcoin services to institutional investors should be treated as a bullish signal. 

Watkins also highlighted how the lines between major crypto companies such as Coinbase, Binance, and Bakkt, were blurring, which underscores the overall convergence trend within the industry. 

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About the author

Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping the future of digital assets, can be contacted at alex.dovbnya@u.today.

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