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Bakkt has accomplished its acquisition of the built-in buying and selling platform Apex Crypto, in accordance with an announcement revealed by the previous firm on April 3.
Gavin Michael, CEO of Bakkt, stated that the acquisition will assist Bakkt progress make progress on its “crypto roadmap,” writing:
“This acquisition marks an thrilling new chapter for Bakkt… serving to us faucet right into a universe of 5.8 million crypto-enabled accounts, and additional establishing Bakkt because the B2B2C crypto supplier of alternative.”
Bakkt stated that the deal ought to enhance its profitability, assist it present extra providers and reward choices, and speed up innovation and growth.
Bakkt described Apex Crypto as a turnkey platform for built-in crypto buying and selling. The corporate stated that Apex Crypto serves greater than 30 purchasers and has traded $12.5 billion value of cryptocurrency because it went reside in 2019. Bakkt added that it could additionally work with greater than 220 purchasers served by the associated firm Apex Fintech Options.
Although Bakkt didn’t reveal the worth of the deal within the press launch, stories from Fortune recommend that Bakkt can pay as much as $155 million in money and inventory to finish the acquisition.
Each events have reportedly obtained the required regulatory approvals.
Bakkt is notable as it’s operated by the Intercontinental Alternate (ICE), which additionally owns the NYSE. Bakkt initially launched its Bitcoin futures buying and selling platform for institutional buyers in 2019. It expanded to supply a client funds app in 2021 and in addition grew to become a publicly traded firm that very same yr.
