☑️ Bakkt's new acquisition will speed its plan to streamline consumer payments

Bakkt, the fully-federal regulated Bitcoin ($BTC) warehousing and trading platform owned by ICE, has acquired assets from futures commission merchant Rosenthal Collins Group. According to an interview with CEO Kelly Loeffler, Bakkt is purchasing "a portion of the back office operations, including compliance and treasury services, and risk management, as well as adding members of the RCG team." Bakkt is awaiting word from CFTC on the opening of its exchange, planned for Jan. 24th, but is being delayed by the partial government shutdown.