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"We expect pending applications for ETH U.S. spot ETFs to be approved on May 23, the final deadline for the first of the ETFs under consideration — the equivalent date to Jan. 10 for BTC ETFs," Geoffrey Kendrick, head of Standard Chartered Bank's forex and digital assets research, wrote in a report on Tuesday. "If ETH prices perform similarly to how BTC prices performed in the lead-up to BTC ETF approval, ETH could trade as high as $4,000 by then."[/i]
This could happen, but eth finances are quite different to bitcoin, so i can't imagine they would immediately accept it. Bitcoin ETF wasn't walk in the park either. And unlike bitcoin, ethereum had ico, which can cause issues with sec.
Not a bad target when it's the final deadline. And not a bad price prediction too when it has already been way above that. The ATH of ETH was almost $5,000. $4,000 will come back of course. When, I don't know, but an approval of an Ethereum spot ETF will most likely provide a big boost to it. And since the players are the same powerful financial institutions, there is a reason to believe that the applications will also be approved.
It's not so bad to keep some ETH in case it flies.
But why it would give boost to eth if it did opposite to bitcoin? Volume doesn't equal price growth. It just means more money for people who get the fees for trading. And those players (powerful financial institutions), you are talking about. Why do you think they buy and hold it, and not short it? I am certain it CAN cause explosive moves on chart, but it can also cause maturity, and less volatility, similar to traditional assets.