Bakkt, Inc. is a regulated financial technology and digital-asset infrastructure company founded by Intercontinental Exchange that provides trading, payments, and programmable finance capabilities to financial institutions and fintechs. Bakkt's Twitter Score is 211 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #2,371 (top 1%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Bakkt was founded by Intercontinental Exchange and raised an initial round of $182.5 million from investors including Boston Consulting Group, Horizons Ventures, M12, Pantera Capital, PayU, and Naspers. The company completed a business combination with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings and began trading on the NYSE under the ticker BKKT on October 18, 2021. That same year, NYDFS granted Bakkt Financial Solutions I, LLC Virtual Currency and Money Transmitter Licenses, and ICE Digital Trust, LLC had previously received a Limited Purpose Trust Charter from NYDFS in August 2019.
Bakkt has grown through a series of acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Per Fortune, Bakkt completed a $155 million deal to acquire Apex Crypto in April 2023. On April 30, 2026, Bakkt completed the acquisition of Distributed Technologies Research, a company that develops agentic payments and stablecoin infrastructure, issuing 11,316,775 shares of Class A Common Stock to DTR beneficial holders at closing. Bakkt reported that the DTR acquisition embedded stablecoin capabilities directly into its infrastructure. In May 2026, Bakkt signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Zoth, under which Zoth would operate as an Authorized Agent within Bakkt Financial Solutions I, LLC. On June 4, 2026, Bakkt announced that Transchem Limited completed allotment of 47,500,000 warrants to Bakkt following Indian regulatory approvals, for which Bakkt paid approximately $9.4 million representing 25% of the total subscription amount.
Bakkt reported Q1 2026 total revenue of $243.6 million, cash and cash equivalents of $82.6 million as of March 31, 2026, and a net loss attributable to Bakkt of $11.7 million for the quarter. Bakkt's account has accumulated 134,622 followers as of July 2026 since 2018 and has published 1,268 posts. Bakkt has been mentioned by 667 accounts across 2,342 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Bakkt include 779 founders, 163 angel investors, 336 influencers and 54 VCs, among them Brian Armstrong, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, CoinDesk, Chris Burniske and Fred Ehrsam.