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Hashtag Ethereum was a trending topic on X late Monday through early Tuesday after applicants for a spot Ether ETF submitted amended S-1 filings to the SEC, and the crypto community is looking forward to a massive bull run by altcoins once the ETH ETFs are fully approved.

The SEC supposedly provided a new round of comments that "took zero time" for applicants to update, but what is taking the regulator longer than initially expected to fully approve spot ETH ETFs for trading?

BlackRock's IBIT remains the top choice for investors dabbling into the spot Bitcoin ETF space, as it made up for most of the inflows into the crypto subsector in May.

Monochrome's IBTC has started trading on Cboe Australia and while some in the crypto community are celebrating the milestone, calling it the country's "first" spot Bitcoin ETF, an industry expert said it's Australia's second.

IBIT is now the world's largest crypto ETF after it surpassed Grayscale's GBTC, and some in the industry believe BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF will continue to reign supreme in the coming years.

The surprising turn of events last week when the SEC approved exchanges' filings for spot Ether ETFs has been the talk of the town in crypto circles, but the main question at this point is: when will the funds launch?

"It's one of the biggest regulatory 180s in recent SEC history," VanEck told Fortune.

Several spot Ether ETF applicants have submitted updated 19b-4 filings, suggesting that the SEC has finally provided comments on the applications and triggering a wave of optimism in the crypto industry for the funds that, unlike Bitcoin, have had a more difficult road toward approval.

The SEC appears to have made a sudden change of heart as it reportedly informed exchanges that it was leaning toward approving the much-anticipated spot Ether ETFs.