Any kind of rise is welcome, even if it just shuts the ridiculous trolls up on here.
I think the COIN ETF is still some time away from being regulated & released but the Gemini Exchange could begin trading in the next 2-3 months. Gemini will almost certainly have a positive impact on the price so I'd say every single bitcoin you can afford to buy now is a great investment as with the next halving only a year away I think we'll probably see at least a 50% price rise on what one bitcoin is worth today.
Why would Gemini have any more/different impact than ItBit or Coinbase Exchange? People who really want a US based and compliant exchange already have options, and the volume isn't all that impresssive.
COIN trading on nasdaq probably
would have an impact on the price.
The artificial 2.7 tx per second limit, and the intransigence of people on either side of the argument for raising it, is much more concerning for the long game. I don't see any substantive rally until that is sorted, which is good, because the network couldn't handle the traffic another bull run would generate in its current state.