Bakkt
Note
The debut of Bakkt was delayed by the government shutdown. There needs to be a 30 day period of uninterrupted government functioning for the CFTC to review the application.
Intro
Bakkt is a Daily Futures Contract that the Intercontinental Exchange plans to debut soon (early 2019) pending regulatory approvals. It will enable institutional buying and selling of Bitcoin. Contracts expire daily and deliver 1 Bitcoin. Significant infrastructure is being put into place. Things like warehousing must be built because this is a physically settled product, unlike the CME and CBOE monthly futures that debuted last year.
Contract Specs (click for more):
Description
ICE Futures U.S. offers physically delivered daily futures contracts on Bitcoin traded in BTC/USD (subject to regulatory approval). These contracts will be traded on ICEโs electronic trading platform, which offers industry-leading speed and reliability, regulated by the CFTC. All trades are cleared and guaranteed by ICE Clearing US, the central counterparty for all ICE cleared forex futures trades. Trades will result in physically delivered Bitcoin in the regulated Bakkt Warehouse. Market participants are eligible to transact with any other market participants. ICE physically delivered bitcoin futures offer trading and hedging opportunities.
Market Specifications
- Trading Screen Product Name
- Bakkt BTC (USD) Daily Future
- Trading Screen Hub Name
- ICUS
- Contract Series
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Daily Futures
- Commodity Code
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BTC
- Contract Size
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1 Bitcoin
- Price Quotation
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U.S. dollars per Bitcoin to 2 decimal places
- Minimum Price Fluctuation
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$2.50 per bitcoin ($2.50 per contract).
Block Trades may be executed at $0.01 per bitcoin ($0.01 per contract) - Daily Price Limit
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None
- Eligible Contract Dates
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Every Exchange Business Day
- Listing Cycle
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One Contract Date will be listed each Business Day
- Settlement
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Physical Delivery
- Last Trading Day
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6:00 p.m. Eastern Prevailing Time (EPT) on the Business Day of the Daily Contract Date
- Last Delivery Day
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Equal to the Daily Contract Date
- Trading Hours
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8:00 pm to 6:00 pm, preopen at 7:55 pm, all times EPT
- Exchange Fees
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$0.50 combined Exchange and Clearing fee, per side
- Off Exchange Trade Types
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Block Trades permitted
- Block Trade Minimum
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10 lots
- NCR, RL and IPL Levels
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NCR - 50.00;
RL: - 150.00;
IPL- 300.00,
5 second recalculation and hold periods. - Daily Settlement
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4:58 to 5:00 pm EPT
- Position Limit
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100,000 lots in any Contract Date
- MIC Code
- IFUS
- Clearing Venues
- ICUS
Snapshot Generated from: ICE BAKKT Contract Spec
Podcast
This podcast features Jeff Sprecher and Kelly Loeffler. It's a good listen for beginners. They help explain the current state of the market in crypto.
Recorded early December:
In English
Bakkt is building an open, seamless global network to enable you to buy, sell, store and spend digital assets simply, safely and efficiently.
Backed by Intercontinental Exchangeโs proven financial market infrastructure and technology, Bakktโs secure global platform will connect investors, merchants and consumers, making it easier, faster and more cost-effective to access, trade and use digital assets. Bakktโs open-source, neutral platform will be designed to meet applicable regulatory requirements, and to support innovation around digital assets and blockchain applications.
Bakkt is designed to enable consumers and institutions to seamlessly buy, sell, store and spend digital assets. Formed with the purpose of bringing trust, efficiency and commerce to digital assets, Bakkt seeks to develop open technology to connect existing market and merchant infrastructure to the blockchain.
โ Bakkt.com
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