With the news coming that president Trump has admitted defeat and accepted to get the government running again for three weeks this is the perfect window of opportunity for Bakkt to push for the regulations they need.

No one knows what is going to happen after the three weeks period agreed by Trump and the Democrats but Bakkt can’t face another delay with the previous launch dates of November 2018 and January 2019 falling through because of regulations and the government shut down.

Even if the regulators agree to grant Bakkt the much-needed permissions there is a 30-day consultation peroid so the earliest we could see it up and running would be March 2019.