Business Combination, Cash Acquired From Acquisition, Cash Account

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Business Combination, Cash Acquired From Acquisition, Trust Account

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Fair value of the equity interests transferred for acquisition.

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Business Combination, Enterprise Value

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Business Combination, Number Of Customers Acquired

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Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Operating Expenses Of Acquiree Since Acquisition Date, Actual

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Capital Call Commitment Amount

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Equity Method Investment Plus Of Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest Liability

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Temporary Equity, Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Deconsolidation

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of a business when the cash held by the acquired business exceeds the cash payments to acquire the business.

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Amount of gain (loss) from deconsolidation of subsidiary and derecognition of group of assets constituting transfer of business or nonprofit activity, excluding conveyance of oil and gas mineral rights and transfer of good or service in contract with customer.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the entity's ownership percentage in the investee multiplied by the investee's total equity.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Amount of noncash expense for share-based payment arrangement.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 04, 2020 USD ($) customer shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on deconsolidation of Bakkt						$ 1,419	$ 0	$ 0
Bakkt deconsolidation adjustment				$ 107		107
Stock-based compensation						188	139	139
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs						102	105	$ 2
Bakkt, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	68.00%
Gain on deconsolidation of Bakkt				1,400
Equity method investment				1,700	$ 1,700	1,700
Net assets				$ 295	$ 295	$ 295
Private Placement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 10.00
Bakkt, LLC \| Combined Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	81.00%
Bakkt’s Existing Equity Holders And Management \| Bakkt, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	100.00%
CDS Clearing Subsidiaries \| Non-ICE Limited Partners
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of net profit sharing interest help				26.70%	26.70%	26.70%
Combined Company \| VIH
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of net profit sharing interest help	5.00%
Combined Company \| VPC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of net profit sharing interest help	2.00%
Combined Company \| PIPE
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of net profit sharing interest help	12.00%
Ellie Mae Intermediate Holdings I
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of customers \| customer		3,000
Total purchase price		$ 11,400
Payments to acquire businesses, gross		9,500
Cash acquired in excess of payments to acquire business		335
Business combination, consideration transferred, equity interests issued and issuable		$ 1,900
Equity interests issued and issuable (in shares) \| shares		18.4
Business combination, pro forma Information, revenue of acquiree since acquisition date, actual							351
Business combination, pro forma information, operating expenses of acquire since acquisition date, actual							250
Bridge2 Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs						$ 31	10
Bridge2 Solutions \| Bakkt, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Capital call commitment amount			$ 300				$ 300
Bakkt
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity interest issued or issuable, fair value									$ 183
Bakkt and VIH
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price	$ 47
Enterprise value	2,100
Cash held on the date of acquisition	479
Cash from trust account	123
Cash accounts	31
Bakkt and VIH \| Private Placement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration of sale of stock	$ 325				$ 47
Bakkt, LLC \| Bakkt Equity Incentive Awards
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation						$ 31