The shutdown is over now, there may be an issue in three more weeks but I doubt it will come to that. Looks like we can start being disappointed in ETF results again!
Never have any expectation about ETF since the end of last year. I believe they'll continues to postpone this till next year lol.
The only reason it hasn't passed has been the first one you stated, that it can be manipulated, but this is a bullshit answer and we all know it just look at oil. The big players are just orchestrating their moves, simple as that.
Correct, oil is manipulated by those who can control the supply. I'm not sure why this manipulation reason is being used again and again while there is an exact historical proof that shows us manipulation is almost impossible to prevent. Instead of making sure an asset is not prone to manipulation, why not design how the market can prevent/decrease the possibility of manipulation?
@OP if you want to read/learn more about Bitcoin ETF, Google is your friend. I'm not sure which source is credible so you can start reading one by one. But maybe you can stick to Investopedia, or something similar.
