The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced a delay in the launch of its Bitcoin futures trading platform. ICE unveiled their first flagship product, Bakkt, in August. But a company blog post published Tuesday has placed the launch January 24th2019. On that date, the Bakkt platform is expected to go live, concurrently with warehouse operations.Bakkt CEO, Kelly Loeffler, took to Medium to expand upon the announcement, citing both “the volume of interest” and “the work required to get all the pieces in place” as reasons for the delay. ICE had initially hoped to launch Bakkt by the end of the year, with a ... (full story)