doesn't "so far" in this context means the past 4 hours? since it seems like Bakkt just started running their market. and if that is true, then 7BTC/4 hour is not such a small figure for something that is not even a day old. that is $70k we are talking about not a small amount of money.
It has gone up to 18BTC in 7 hours. 2.5BTC/h.
And, no, it's a ridiculously low amount for all the hype that was chanted for almost a year about the whole thing, they are close to the average Wallmart sales per day.
And if we're at a point of comparing the most awaited event, the thing that was supposed to drive in "institutional" money to BTC to a Wallmart...
The most important things is the fact that it allows for institutional traders to trade in actual bitcoins now and that is something significant. There will also be some "events" that would push traders to look for safe havens and we know Bitcoin is perceived as a safe haven.
It certainly didn't act like when we think of the recent events, from the escalation of the trade war to the oil attacks.
And if it were we would probably see a volume worth more than....see above
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Oh, and I'm not really disappointed about the numbers, I don't see Bakkt as something that is a must for the crypto environment, nor can I say I trust a single thing coming from them. Why just because they are dealing with
BTC now suddenly they are the good guys? The less influence they have overall the happier I am.