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Analysts warn that a spot ETH ETH approval might not produce the bullish price outcome that many traders expect. Do futures markets agree?

Ether (ETH) price might be on the brink of its most significant event in terms of a spot ETH ETF integrating the altcoin with traditional financial markets, yet its price is not responding as expected. In fact, on June 24, Ether reached its lowest level in over a month, falling to the $3,250 level. Although ETH eventually reclaimed the $3,400 support on June 25, both onchain and derivatives metrics suggest limited upside potential.

Some analysts believe that the timing of the Ethereum spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) launch is unlikely to result in substantial net inflows under the current market conditions. Even though the regulator dropped its investigations into Consensys, a prominent Ethereum ecosystem company, and shelved the potential classification of Ethereum staking as a security, the broader economic environment remains challenging.

Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart project that Ethereum ETFs could attract between $1 billion and $2 billion in the initial weeks. Likewise, Stephen Richardson, managing director of financial markets at Fireblocks, told Cointelegraph that he expects significantly lower inflows at the Ethereum ETF launch.

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