Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: No Dramatic Price Action in Bitcoin as Bakkt Futures Go Live With Tepid Start

Bakkt’s has gone live as scheduled on 23rd September but with a mild start, the clients’ bitcoins are now stored in the Bakkt warehouse which is functioned by Bakkt Trust Company Llc who assumes to be a qualified custodian, regulated by the NYSDFS (New York State Department of Financial Services).

The Bitcoin (BTC) futures with the settlement arrangement of physical delivery has shown the total trading volume on the platform at the time of articulating is only 17 Bitcoins trading at $10,042.50 levels.

If at all Bakkt functions as intended, they can ensure the safeguarding trading mechanism for the institutional investors, well-organized marketplace to trade Bitcoin. Thereby, the exchange could assist the apprehensions on the credibility that have hindered the pioneer cryptocurrency ‘Bitcoin’ from its prosperity by giving the digital-asset the considerable boost in authenticity.

While the price action of the underlying instrument which is ‘bitcoin’ is trading on a weaker side.

Technically, bears are on table nudging prices below 7 & 21-DMAs upon hanging man formation at $10,271.53 level, while both leading oscillators are bearish bias and the lagging indicators appear to be indecisive.