What Georgia’s Elections Mean for Bitcoin
As the Democrats appear to be headed to victory, how does their new U.S. Senate majority impact markets as a whole and bitcoin more specifically?
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Jan 6, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 6, 2021
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Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Loses Senate Seat; Democrats Retake Senate
Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler lost her Senate seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock in a special election Tuesday night.
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Jan 6, 2021 at 7:03 a.m. UTC
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Ex-Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Got $9M Payout as She Left for US Senate: Report
Senator Kelly Loeffler received the hefty payout from her husband's company, Intercontinental Exchange, as she left bitcoin company Bakkt to take up her political position.
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May 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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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 ad...
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Mar 20, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. UTC
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Travis Kling on Bitcoin as a Safe Haven Asset
Ikigai’s Travis Kling looks at BTC's correlation to gold and crude in response to Iran missile strikes, plus SEC priorities and Congressional intrigue.
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Jan 8, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
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Former Bakkt CEO to Help Oversee CFTC in Congress
Newly appointed senator Kelly Loeffler is to join the committee that oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, raising concerns of a possible conflict of interest.
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Jan 8, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Futures Provider Bakkt Names Mike Blandina as New CEO, Adam White as President
Bakkt chief product officer Mike Blandina will take over as CEO following the departure of new Senator Kelly Loeffler.
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Dec 23, 2019 at 1:44 p.m. UTC
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Georgia Governor Appoints Bakkt CEO Loeffler as New US Senator
It is unclear who will helm Bakkt after CEO Kelly Loeffler joins the U.S. Senate on Jan. 1.
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Dec 4, 2019 at 3:16 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Futures Exchange Bakkt Hires PayPal, Google Vet as Product Chief
Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt has brought Google Wallet and PayPal vet Mike Blandina as its chief product officer.
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Apr 11, 2019 at 1:24 p.m. UTC
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Bakkt Taps Former IBM and Cisco Exec Tom Noonan to Chair Its Board
Bakkt has tapped Tom Noonan, a founder of multiple cybersecurity startups, to chair its new board.
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Mar 29, 2019 at 7:19 p.m. UTC
Mar 29, 2019