I honestly wouldn't really mind whether an ETF is approved or not. It's not necessarily going to be the definitive reason why bitcoin's going to pump in value or going to be accepted globally as a staple currency anyway, so I don't really hold too much hope in bitcoin getting the ETF approved, or the ETF even causing anything massive for that matter since from what I said earlier it couldn't even put a dent on bitcoin's value when allegations of ETF being disapproved are put out on the internet.
ETF approval likely has nothing to do with the market as it pumps without this. We are just making it hype and many people misunderstood it, they are now thinking that ETF is a tool for a huge price increase and Bullrun. In fact, so many times that it was rejected, the price of Bitcoin pumps and recovered from the dip and this has not just happened one time but so many times. This means that Bitcoin will reach another ATH without ETF, indeed a halving can do better than this.
uhhh you're very wrong about that. There has been a lot of hype about the possible ETF approval since last Spring or Summer and that has largely driven the price. Literally everyone understands this, not sure why you are trying to play the contrarian on something so obvious.
Price at $46k now is exactly 2/3rd of the $69k high. Compared to the previous market cycle high of $20k two-thirds was $13,333 which was indeed hit briefly in like May 2019 following the huge pump after that bull market ended, but wasn't reached again until I believe October 2022, about 5 months after the halving. And we are at that price now 3 months before the next halving, so this market cycle is currently about 8 months ahead of the last one. Why? The reason everyone knows: ETF. And if the ETF is indeed approved this week, the price could very well reach 75%-80% or higher of the ATH even just by the halving, which is unprecedented. Normally the price by the halving is like half the ATH because it takes time for the halved amount of bitcoin entering the market to create a supply constrain, which then leads to hype, and bull run.
While it is natural to expect each cycle for more and more people to front run the halving as the world slowly catches on to the fact that Bitcoin keeps going exponentially higher and goes through a huge bull run every four years tied to the halvings, still, the reason the price is so much ahead of last cycle is because of the expectation of an ETF, and if approved its gonna cause the market to move even faster.
Right now, ETF approval or rejection is what is controlling the price.