Bakkt ($BKKT), an institutional and retail-facing digital asset platform founded by Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), has suffered a drawdown of -6.4% after closing a volatile first day of trading as a publicly listed company.
After launching on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at $9.45 on the morning of Oct. 18, BKKT rose by roughly 3.3% up to $9.77 during its first 30 minutes of trading. However, traders quickly moved to take profits, causing prices to slump by -9.5% down to $8.84 followed by lunchtime.