Bakkt
Digital asset platform for custody, trading, and payments.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- 500
- Headquarters
- United States
- CEO
- Akshay Naheta
- Type
- Public
- Listed
- NYSE: BKKT
About
Founded in 2018, Bakkt, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) emerged from a recognition that the financial world needed a bridge between traditional finance and the emerging digital asset economy. The company was built to address a critical gap: while cryptocurrency was gaining traction, institutional investors and financial institutions lacked the compliant, secure infrastructure needed to confidently participate in this new market. Bakkt set out to create that foundation. Today, Bakkt stands as a regulated financial technology company building the backbone of next-generation financial infrastructure. The company's platform serves financial institutions, fintechs, and consumer finance products, providing the compliance, security, and scale required to deliver trusted financial services at a global level. Through its core business pillars, Bakkt powers institutional-grade trading capabilities, AI-enabled programmable finance, and cross-border payment infrastructure. The company offers solutions like Bakkt Agent, which combines AI-driven interfaces with compliant payment solutions to power global money movement, savings, and yield through banking partners, as well as Bakkt Markets for institutional-grade trading and Bakkt Marketplace for digital asset services.