Crash incoming?

First SHA1 collision: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-cwi-google-collision-industry-standard.html
People will be like "SHA1 is broken, Bitcoin uses SHA256, SHA is like SHA, so Bitcoin is BROKEN!!! SELLLL!1!"

But a 940ish-day super-cycle could still be in play even if the 235-day theory doesn't pan out, right?

You mentioned that I had forgotten about the ETF in the idea of a late first quarter or early second quarter price increase and that was wrong for me to forget about it. Good catch.

I think the reason why speculation on the Internet is that the ETF will "fail" is because it's going to be precisely the opposite and some folks want to use that "surprise" aspect to their advantage (the underwriters). It seems really silly for the actual price of coin to be increasing at a time when the expected news is bad. Even "buy the rumor, sell the news" doesn't explain these latest increases unless it is someone who wants desperately to buy more than what is readily available on the markets. Maybe the ETF will just the be the start of the next major hype cycle or bubble. The bubble to put us to rest somewhere much higher than where we are at today.

Is there any reason at all for SEC to wait before they reject the ETF though? Even on 10th of march, it should be obvious that it's getting approved no?