‘BIGGEST NEWS OF THE YEAR FOR BITCOIN’: ICE DEAL HELPS ETF CHANCES

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) teaming up with Microsoft, Starbucks and others on digital asset platform Bakkt makes it “much easier” for a Bitcoin ETF to launch.

KELLY: ICE IS ‘HUGE NEWS’

That’s according to Brian Kelly, CNBC’s regular cryptocurrency commentator and BK Capital Management founder, who called the plans the “biggest news of the year” for Bitcoin.

Kelly was speaking one day after ICE, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, confirmed its high-profile partnership to build a “global ecosystem for digital assets” with a slated launch date in November 2018.

Together, the participants will create a digital asset warehouse for investors to “buy, sell, store and spend digital assets on a seamless global network.”

https://bitcoinist.com/biggest-news-year-bitcoin-ice-deal-helps-etf-chances-brian-kelly/