The price of Trump Media, which owns the Trump-affiliated TruthSocial social media app and boasts a market capitalize of more than $7 billion, surged in the wake of the announcement. Trump Media stock jumped by more than 16%. Bakkt is owned by the same company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, and saw its stock soar by over 162%.

Donald Trump's social media company is in advanced talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the talks. Trump Media and Technology Group,

Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates Trump's social media company Truth Social, is in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported. Shares of Bakkt soared after the report on Monday and were up another 14.8% in premarket trading on Tuesday, CNBC reported . Bakkt and Trump Media declined to comment on the talks.