The ETF was approved and the halving caused the price of bitcoin to rise drastically as it is today.
when the price of bitcoin hits $50k I am sure that this positive trend will continue. and it turns out to be true, even now bitcoin has reached a new ATH. calm down and hold because the halving will start soon and BTC will reach a much higher ATH.
It cannot be denied that the ETF effect has led Bitcoin to experience a very significant price increase until it reached a new ATH level, although after the Halving occurred, Bitcoin experienced a correction like now where Bitcoin experienced a decline after reaching a new ATH. But rest assured that this decline is only temporary, and I am optimistic that Bitcoin will bounce back to continue increasing until it prints a new ATH level again.
If I were you guys, I would leave ETF out of this, do you know why? This is because the effect of the ETF has been well-priced by the market, there is noting more to expect of it, at least for now. You can see the turn of events before the ETF approval. I expect that so much because the market often reacts better to some new events like that, especially if it is just a rumour and expectation with no sure decision/happening. This was why I never expected much immediately after the ETF approval, and truly, Bitcoin tried to buy but sold later for it. Afterwards, it moved down to about $11,000 lower, which is a good action for correction but afterwards again launched a massive bullish movement that saw it hitting the current ATH of about $73,850. After then, Bitcoin has slipped into silence ever since which I would like everyone to respect for now.
The talk now should be a post-halving effect as usual, even as the ETF progress has been so slow on its own, so why relating to it again? Going forward, though I am so sceptical about the future of Bitcoin, yet I know that it is still promising to move higher over time. If the post-halving effect is put into consideration, then I think that Bitcoin will rise even as it will protect the $50,000 psychological level no matter what happens now unless it slips back to another major phase of a bearish trend.