ICE Founder: ‘We’re Kind of Agnostic’ on Bitcoin’s Price

“We’re kind of agnostic on price.”

That’s Jeffrey Sprecher, the founder, chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE (NYSE:ICE)), speaking during a panel discussion at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Invest conference on Tuesday. Sprecher appeared with Kelly Loeffler, the CEO of Bakkt, the bitcoin futures platform backed by ICE that is gearing up for a planned launch early next year.

Sprecher was responding to a question from moderator Michael J. Casey about the recent drop in bitcoin prices (as well as those around the wider cryptocurrency market). According to Loeffler, a focus on price isn’t really a factor for Bakkt, which in August unveiled its plan to create “an open and regulated, global ecosystem for digital assets,”

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