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Crypto Exchange Bakkt Nears Merger With Victory Park SPAC: Bloomberg
A deal could be announced as soon as next week, the report said.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:53 a.m. Published Jan 8, 2021, 2:58 a.m.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt, which is majority-owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is in advanced talks to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
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- The deal, if it's concluded, would value the combined company at more than $2 billion, the report said. A deal could be announced as soon as next week.
- The SPAC that would merge with Bakkt, VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, is affiliated with Victory Park Capital.
- Officials from each company declined to comment, Bloomberg said.
- U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, one of the two losers of Georgia's special runoff election earlier this week, was Bakkt's founding CEO.