Bakkt Document - The Block
Bakkt Document - The Block
Bakkt Document - The Block
• The Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures will be regulated consistent with the CFTC’s
regulatory requirements, as well as the compliance regime governing other contracts at ICE
Futures U.S. (IFUS), a CFTC-regulated Designated Contract Market (DCM), and at ICE Clear
US (ICUS), a CFTC-regulated Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO). The contracts will be
traded on IFUS and cleared by ICUS.
• The Bakkt Warehouse secures bitcoin delivered upon contract expiration and will be operated
by a limited purpose trust company that will serve as a qualified custodian of bitcoin subject to
approval by the NY Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). Bakkt leverages a best-in-class
cyber and physical security program, carries insurance for bitcoin held in both warm and cold
wallets, operates robust know-your-customer and anti-money laundering controls, and
independent governance.
• Bakkt’s infrastructure creates the first end-to-end regulated environment for traders to deliver
and receive bitcoin in exchange for USD in standardized settlement cycles.
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ICE Offering
Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Futures Product Overview
• ICE plans to launch two new products subject to regulatory approval of the Bakkt Warehouse.
The two products are:
• The Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures. A daily settlement bitcoin future, which will
enable customers to transact in a same-day market.
• The Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Futures. A monthly bitcoin futures contract will enable
trading in the front month and across the forward pricing curve.
• Both contracts will trade on ICE Futures U.S. and will be cleared by ICE Clear US.
• Both contracts will be leveraged futures and will be margined in the same way as all other
futures contacts on ICE Clear US are margined.
• The futures contracts will be margined by ICE Clear US, including the collection of initial
margin collateral and variation margin to manage risk. This approach is consistent with
capital-efficient risk management practices in global futures markets, ranging from oil
and gold to interest rates and equity index futures.
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Core Elements of Bitcoin Daily/Monthly Futures
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Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Future Specifications
Contract Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Future
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Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Future Specifications
Contract Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Future
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Key Trading Features
• Trade At Settlement - TAS trades are available for the Bakkt Bitcoin Monthly Futures.
• Position Limits - The limits for each of the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures are 100,000 contracts net long
or net short in any one Contract Date or all Contract Dates combined (for the Daily Futures) and 100,000 contracts
net long or net short in any one Contract Month or all Contract Months combined (for the Monthly Futures).
• Settlement Prices - There is no reliance on the bitcoin spot market for settlement pricing for the Bakkt Bitcoin
Daily and Monthly Futures.
• Trading Hours - Trading hours are 8:00 p.m. EPT to 6:00 p.m. EPT, Sunday to Friday.
• Market Makers - IFUS intends to introduce market maker programs to support screen trading of the Bakkt Bitcoin
Daily and Monthly Futures. Please contact Laura Edelman for more information – laura.edelman@theice.com
• Spreads - All spread combinations for all listed contracts in the Bakkt Bitcoin Monthly Futures will be supported
and subset in Daily Futures (more details to follow).
• For calendar spread orders in the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures contracts, a buy order is defined
as purchasing the far month and selling the near month, and a sell order is defined as selling the far month
and purchasing the near month.
• The leg prices for the spreads are calculated by applying an exchange calculated ‘anchor price’ at the time
of the trade to the near month. The difference between the near month and the executed spread price will
be applied to the far month.
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Trading Firm Processes
• Access and Trading Capabilities for the Daily and Monthly Bakkt Bitcoin Futures will follow existing
processes
(EXISTING) IFUS Financials FOD Live Updates, IFUS Financials Top5PL Live
Updates, IFUS Financials FOD Snapshots, IFUS Financials Top5PL Snapshots
Digital Asset
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Futures
(NEW) Digital Assets FOD Live Updates, Digital Assets Top5PL Live Updates,
Digital Assets FOD Snapshots, Digital Assets Top5PL Snapshots
NOTE: Existing customers who also are authorized to trade other ICE Futures products can leverage the existing IFUS* channels.
New customers who are only authorized to trade Digital Assets may leverage the new channels.
• Trading must use the Exchange’s System Managed Clearing Accounts (SMAs) activated for Digital Assets
• SMA lot limit checks will not change
• No availability of Locally Managed Accounts (LMAs) for Bakkt Bitcoin futures
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Digital Asset Futures on ICE Global Network
Multiple connectivity options available to access Digital Asset Futures
over the ICE Global Network
Global
access VPN Cloud Consolidated
ICE Colo
centers Access Connect Feed
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Digital Asset Futures on ICE Global Network
Existing or new customers: how to access Digital Asset Futures over the
ICE Global Network?
Existing New
Customers Customers
https://www.theice.com/data-services/global-network
iceglobalnetwork-info@theice.com
sales@bakkt.com
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Data Fees & Connectivity
• Users accessing ICE Futures US markets can add bitcoin to their access IDs with no additional
cost.
• Market data fee waiver through June 30 2020. Thereafter, if you are not a subscriber to IFUS
data, there will be a retail–priced data feed. If you are an IFUS subscriber, the data associated
with the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures is included for no fee.
• Consistent with receiving IFUS data, access is seamless on our applications, WebICE and ICE
Connect, or via authorized vendors and ISVs. Existing direct access users who are authorized
and approved can enable Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures market data from the API.
Delayed data can be found on www.theice.com and www.bakkt.com.
• Trading and clearing firms already authorized and approved to use the ICE Global Network will be
able to access IFUS through existing connections.
• Connectivity should be seamless for current WebICE users or those accessing IFUS through
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) or Direct Access User Connectivity. If you’d like to access
the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures through your existing API connection, please email
the ICE Help Desk.
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Trading Onboarding for New IFUS Customers
• Reach out to your FCM to ensure that they support clearing of the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures
• Determine how to trade:
• ALL TYPES: Complete the Bakkt Warehouse Agreement and the Bakkt Warehouse Customer Identification
Form
• ALL TYPES: Designate user access to the Bakkt Warehouse by completing the Bakkt Warehouse
Registration Form
• Bakkt will create and send logins to the Bakkt Warehouse for the designated users
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Trading Onboarding for Existing IFUS Customers
• Partner with a FCM that supports the clearing of the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures
• Reach out to ICE User Administration to request the enablement of the digital asset futures
market type
• Complete the Bakkt Warehouse Agreement and the Bakkt Warehouse Customer
Identification Form
• (Optional) Existing API members can test their Bakkt API connectivity by emailing
integrate@theice.com
• Designate user access to the Bakkt Warehouse by completing the Bakkt Warehouse
Registration Form:
• Bakkt will create and send logins to the Bakkt Warehouse for the designated users
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Regulation
• Futures will be traded through a registered DCM and cleared through a
registered DCO.
• ICE Futures US is the DCM, and ICE Clear U.S is the DCO.
• Contract specifications in DCM/DCO rules will require physical delivery of BTC to
the Bakkt Warehouse and settlement of contract by transfer of BTC.
• To provide regulated custody in the Bakkt Warehouse, Bakkt has filed with the
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for approval to form
a limited-purpose trust company that would serve as a qualified custodian of
bitcoin under applicable law.
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Clearing Process
Clearing Process
• All trading participants will need a futures commission merchant (FCM) who is a
clearing member of ICUS to trade and clear the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly
Futures.
• Initial margin must be met in USD cash or US Treasuries. Please liaise with your
Clearer to determine what they require to be posted as collateral. Variation margin
must be paid in USD cash.
• The contracts will be included in the existing EOD margin process where ICE Clear
US calls for initial and variation margin.
• Clearing members will not be required to handle bitcoin. The Bakkt Warehouse
operations team will interact directly with trading participants to facilitate blockchain
transactions. Clearing members will be given access to the Bakkt Warehouse to
view customer bitcoin balances.
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Clearing Documentation
• Existing clearing members of ICE Clear US who only plan to clear client business
do not need to sign any new documentation to clear the bitcoin futures.
• Clearing members wishing to see their client’s bitcoin balances in the Bakkt
Warehouse only need to complete a Bakkt Warehouse registration form informing
the Warehouse of who in the clearing member’s organization requires access to the
Warehouse for this purpose.
• Existing clearing members of ICE Clear US who plan to clear house business need
to enter into a Bakkt Warehouse Participant Agreement with the Bakkt Warehouse
to open accounts at the Warehouse.
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Guarantee Fund
• The new futures will be supported by the existing guaranty fund
• ICE Clear US will contribute an additional $35MM to the guarantee fund which can only be
used for losses related to bitcoin contracts
• New bitcoin specific skin in the game but this will only be used for bitcoin related losses -
$35MM total
• Assessments
• ICE Clear US will run a conservative bitcoin stress test on each clearing member’s portfolio and
any clearing member showing losses in this stress test will have to post incremental initial margin
to cover the shortfall
• This stress test protects ICE Clear US from concentrated or large directional positions in
bitcoin contracts
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Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Contract Delivery Process
• At the point a Bakkt Bitcoin Futures contract expires:
• Each clearing member’s outstanding positions are migrated to a delivery positions within ICUS.
• Clearing members will choose from a list of their client’s Delivery Accounts in the Bakkt Warehouse
that will make or take delivery of bitcoin.
• It is important to note, if the same clearing member and/or Delivery Account is both long and short in
the same contract, no netting of positions will occur during the delivery matching process. Thus, a
clearing member and/or Delivery Account that holds a gross outstanding position will be required to
both make and take delivery. Therefore, it is key that clearing member firms accurately report their
end-of-day positions to ICE Clear US and make needed adjustments to these positions in a timely
manner.
• After receiving a clearing member firm’s intentions, the Bakkt Warehouse automatically ”reserves”
bitcoin in each designated seller’s Delivery Account. Reserved bitcoin is not eligible for transfer out
of the seller’s Delivery Account.
• ICE Clear US, as part of its EOD, collects USD delivery funds from buying clearing member firms.
• On the designated delivery date, the Bakkt Warehouse executes delivery and moves previously
reserved bitcoin from the sellers’ to the buyers’ delivery account.
• ICE Clear US then releases USD bitcoin delivery proceeds to the selling clearing member firms.
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Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Backend Clearing Reports
• MPDAD Digital Asset Deliveries Report
• A new Member Digital Asset Deliveries report will be generated in PDF and CSV formats.
This report provides Clearing members information about their Digital Asset Delivery
positions that are scheduled for delivery the next business day, and the associated invoice
amounts per Margin Account, Currency, Exchange, Commodity Code and Delivery
Account.
• The Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures products and contracts will be included in the
GSPD and GSCD reports respectively.
• GSPV / GSPVE
• The Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures contract settlement prices will be published
in the GSPV and GSPVE reports respectively.
• IRM arrays will include the standard margin rates for the for both Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and
Monthly Futures products along with contract settlement prices.
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Bakkt Warehouse
Bakkt Warehouse
• Bakkt has a world-class cybersecurity program, leveraging the sophistication of the same
systems that protect ICE Futures U.S. and the New York Stock Exchange, with additional
controls customized for the unique aspects of protecting digital assets.
• The delivery accounts in the Bakkt Warehouse will be in the client / end user’s name. The
clearing member will not need to have an account at the Warehouse and will not need to interact
with bitcoin. The clearing member will have visibility into the bitcoin that it’s clients hold at the
Warehouse.
• To provide regulated custody in the Bakkt Warehouse, Bakkt has filed with the New York State
Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for approval to form a limited-purpose trust company
that would serve as a qualified custodian of bitcoin under applicable law.
• The use of the Bakkt Warehouse is paired with the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures and
is available only for the purpose of trading the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures.
• There is no fee to custody bitcoin at the Bakkt Warehouse that is associated with the Bakkt
Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures.
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Bakkt Warehouse
• Security: Private key operations occur in audited secure facilities equipped with armed security,
biometric controls, hardware security modules, and require geographically-distributed multi-
signature. Additional processes, such as separation of duties, destination wallet whitelisting, and
volume and velocity controls are enforced using internally-developed software. Physical security,
application development lifecycle, and cyber security are built using that same processes and
controls used by IFUS and NYSE.
• Insurance: Digital asset storage is insured with a $100,000,000 policy for cold storage and a
$25,000,000 policy for warm storage. Rebalancing occurs across cold and warm storage tiers as to
not exceed insurance coverage per tier. These policies are issued by a leading global syndicate
and are regularly reviewed to ensure coverage limits are based on risk and assets under custody.
• Anti-money laundering: Institutional quality AML and KYC practices, coupled with on-chain
provenance research and risk scoring supports the quality of participants and bitcoin within the
ecosystem.
• The Bakkt Warehouse facilitates the tracking and allocation of bitcoin balances using an internal
ledger. This internal ledger records deposits, transfers, deliveries and withdrawals from Bakkt
warehouse.
• Bakkt will undergo regular financial, security and operational control audits, including SOC
certifications.
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Bakkt Warehouse End-of-Day Reports
• MFT Folder
• A new MFT folder will be created for clearing members called “digital assets”
where the new reports created by the Bakkt Warehouse will be posted for
firms participating in the service.
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UAT Testing
• July 22nd, 2019 – UAT begins for clearing members & trading participants
• UAT is a critical step in ensuring that ICUS clearing members are prepared to
support their customers trading of the new contracts.
• IFUS and ICUS will have working group calls to help prepare for the new
contracts and UAT.
• For ICE Clear US the UAT testing for the new bitcoin products will be part of the
testing of the broader 8.7 clearing release. Contact sales@bakkt.com to
participate in this UAT Testing.
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Timelines
Key Documents
Key Contacts
Digital Asset Key Timeline
• July 22nd, 2019 - UAT begins for clearing members & trading participants
• July 22nd , 2019 - API Test Environment available
• First day of trading – A launch date is expected in Q3 2019.The launch will
follow UAT and Bakkt’s receipt of regulatory approval from NYDFS.
• https://www.bakkt.com/index
• https://www.bakkt.com/publicdocs/Bakkt_faq.pdf
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Key Contacts
Business Contact Contact for general business inquiries sales@bakkt.com
Existing customers who need access to bitcoin product to develop and test API
integrate@theice.com
integrations in the API Test environment.
Trading Platform API New customers who need access to bitcoin product to develop and test API
sales@bakkt.com
Integration integrations in the API Test environment
conformancesupport@theice.c
Customers who need to schedule exchange conformance testing
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Market Making Programs More details surrounding Bakkt's performance based incentive programs sales@bakkt.com
The Bakkt Warehouse General inquiries, including onboarding to the Bakkt Warehouse. operations@bakkt.com
ICE Clear Inquiries about ICE Clear U.S. membership or changes being made in support of
iceclearus@theice.com
U.S. Membership the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily and Monthly Futures
iceuseradministration@theice.c
Production User Set-Up ICE company, user, and account set up
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Datacenter and SFTI, Colo and Hub connectivity to Production and DR sites (Basildon, Chicago, ICEglobalnetwork-
Connectivity Atlanta) info@theice.com
ICE functionality and requests for training on WebICE and other tools for trading
WebICE Training icehelpdesk@theice.com
participants
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