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Bakkt Expands Cryptocurrency Offering Beyond Bitcoin With Addition of Ether
The Bakkt Warehouse is now available to institutional clients for custody of ether, the company said.
Updated May 11, 2023, 7:06 p.m. Published Nov 5, 2021, 3:18 p.m.
- Digital asset platform Bakkt Holdings (NYSE: BKKT) will soon allow its customers to trade ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, in addition to bitcoin, the company said in a statement Friday.
- Bakkt also said institutional clients can opt to use the Bakkt Warehouse for custody of ether.
- Shares of the Alpharetta, Georgia-based company, which started trading Oct. 18, rose about 4% Friday. The stock soared last month after Bakkt signed pacts with Mastercard and Fiserv for crypto payments.
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