The regulators are also not 100% on board for this, so it is a bit premature to say that it is going to be successful. We have been seeing a lot of promises and announcements from Bakkt in the last couple of months and most of that has been stalled by the regulators.
we haven't heard anything from bakkt for the last several months, except for their successful seed investment round. that's because they realized they had greatly exaggerated their ability to quickly launch and didn't want to keep missing deadlines.
i'm still taking this announcement with a grain of salt since the CFTC can still stop it dead even if they self-certify. however, with the above context in mind, i'm inclined to think the july launch date might actually be for real this time.