Jeffrey Sprecher


Finance

ICE Spent 'Nearly $300M' Helping Bakkt Acquire Loyalty Firm Bridge2

ICE spent close to $300 million acquiring Bridge2 Solutions for Bakkt, CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said in an earnings call Thursday.

Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher mentioned Bakkt only once, and the bitcoin-focused subsidiary otherwise did not come up during Thursday's earnings call. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Markets

ICE Pushes Back on Claim Ex-Bakkt CEO Dumped Stocks After Senate COVID Briefing

U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband sold up to $3.5 million in stock after a Jan. 24 briefing on COVID-19, but ICE says the transactions were conducted by financial advisors who had no input from the two.

Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018, photo via CoinDesk archives

Markets

ICE CEO: New Acquisition Opens Trillion-Dollar Market for Bakkt

Bakkt's pending acquisition of Bridge2 Solutions, a loyalty program marketplace, will "expand Bakkt's presence across an asset class that today spans over $1 trillion in value," says its parent firm ICE's CEO, Jeffrey Sprecher.

ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said Bakkt's pending acquisition of Bridge2 Solutions will help it offer consumers access to crypto and loyalty points through a single app.

Markets

Bitcoin Needs 'Real Use Cases' to Become Digital Gold, Says ICE Chief

Bitcoin might become "digital gold," but first it needs to be used more in everyday business, said the Intercontinental Exchange's chief executive.

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