Bakkt SPAC Presentation Deck
Bakkt at a Glance
A digital asset marketplace with broad application
History & Background
Founded in 2018 to bring trust and transparency to
digital assets
$880+ million of capital and assets invested to date
Started initially with cryptocurrency and continues to
expand into the broader digital asset ecosystem
Mission to help consumers and merchants maximize
locked value of digital assets
Backed by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Blue-chip strategic partners & investors
Formation
August
2018
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Series Around
December 2018
NYDFS approval to operate as a custodian of
Bitcoin deposits
August 2019
Early 2019
Acquired Digital Asset Custody Company to enhance
custody capabilities, and Rosenthal Collins Group, a
futures commission merchant, to broaden
institutional trading capabilities
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Launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Options and
cash-settled Bakkt Bitcoin Futures
December 2019
September 2019
Launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Futures
November 2019
NYDFS approves Institutional Custody: launch
of Bakkt Bitcoin Institutional Custody
Value Proposition
Empowers consumers to use
their digital assets for everyday
spending
Improves customer
engagement while reducing
merchant payment acceptance
costs
Reduces merchant and loyalty
sponsor reward liabilities
Series B round: integration with Starbucks
March 2020
February 2020
ICE acquires Bridge2 Solutions (B2S), a
loyalty solutions provider, and contributes
to Bakkt as part of Series B round
App enters production
on an invite-only basis
October 2020
September October 2020
Consumer App
beta launch
Q1 2021
Full-scale App rollout
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