Finance2025 has been an explosive year for bitcoin as the crypto asset has touched new alltime price highs as cryptocurrencies have seen increased demand Meanwhile a number of crypto proponents expect the first exchangetraded fund ETF to be approved this year as a number of firms are racing to launch an ETF On Friday the Texasbased firm Valkyrie Digital Assets filed an ETF registration proposal called the Valkyrie Bitcoin Trust with hopes to list the fund on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE