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1 day ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
Three asset managers, VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital, have penned a letter together to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), asking the agency bring back the “first-to-file, first-to-approve” rule for exchange-traded products (ETPs). The letter, which was posted on VanEck’s official X account on June 6, criticized the SEC’s trend of approving multiple crypto ETFs all at once, instead of honoring the order in which applications were submitted.
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1 day ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
Elon Musk’s X platform just announced that it is joining forces with Polymarket, a popular crypto-based prediction market. The news was revealed in a short post: “We’re joining forces with Polymarket as our official prediction market partner.” Polymarket lets users bet on the outcomes of real-world events using cryptocurrency. From politics to global affairs, users place wagers on what they think will happen, with money on the line.
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1 day ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
Know Labs, Inc. a health-tech company known for its non-invasive monitoring devices, has signed a deal to sell a controlling interest to Goldeneye 1995 LLC, an affiliate of fintech investor Greg Kidd. The deal includes 1,000 Bitcoin and $12 to $15 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, pending shareholder approval and the fulfillment of standard conditions.
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2 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a company tied closely to Donald Trump’s family, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Fight Fight Fight, the group behind the popular TRUMP memecoin and the new “TRUMP Wallet.” The letter demands that Fight Fight Fight stop developing the wallet, saying it is unauthorized. According to Bloomberg, Fight Fight Fight is linked to Trump’s longtime friend and promoter Bill Zanker.
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2 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
XRPL validator Vet has hinted at further upgrades that will be coming with the latest version of the XRP Ledger, version 2.5.0, set to roll out this month. In a comment shared on X, Vet said, it’s time to move past the old taglines of “3–5 second blocks, low fees, and 1500 TPS,” which were impressive back in 2013, but no longer reflect what the XRPL is becoming today.
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2 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
Following the ongoing conflict between Ripple and the SEC, attorney Fred Rispoli is questioning why it’s been 20 days since Judge Analisa Torres denied their joint motion, and still no new filing has been made by either side. The clock is ticking, with a June 16 deadline quickly approaching that could change the course of the lawsuit.
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2 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
President Trump’s Truth Social has gone ahead a filed a registration statement (Form S-1) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a new Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). The filing was made shortly after NYSE Arca submitted its 19b-4 form on behalf of the company on June 4, 2025, officially starting the process of listing the ETF’s shares. According to the S-1 form, the BT ETF will hold actual Bitcoin.
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3 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
A recent poll by a Pi Network community account on X asked, “Do you Want to see $Pi Listed on Binance?” The majority of users said no to the idea. Many of them say the network isn’t ready for a listing and that some serious problems need to be fixed first. Users say one of the biggest issues that has to be solved before the Binance listing is the KYC process. KYC, or “Know Your Customer,” is needed to verify users’ identities and unlock their tokens. But the system is broken.
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3 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX), a leading crypto exchange in the Nordic region, recently shared that it has added Bitcoin to its balance sheet, becoming the first publicly listed company in Norway to do so. The company said it plans to use this Bitcoin as collateral to issue a new stablecoin on the Cardano blockchain. According to the press release on June 2, NBX secured 6.0 Bitcoin worth $663,700 and plans to increase the total to 10.0 by the end of the month.
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5 days ago | 
cryptotimes.io | Iyiola Adrian |Kritika Mehta
A couple of users on X recently claimed that BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $11 trillion AUM, would file for a spot XRP ETF today, June 2. Now, all eyes are on the SEC filings page to check out any new filings by BlackRock. The claim that Blackrock would fill for XRP isn’t just trending for the first time. Last two weeks, a similar rumor spread that the company was planning to invest $9 trillion in XRP, but these claims came out to be false.
