Odaily Planet Daily News Market maker Wintermute believes that the Ethereum ETF can attract up to $4 billion in inflows from investors in the next year. This is lower than the $4.5 billion to $6.5 billion expected by most analysts, which is about 62% less than the $17 billion that the Bitcoin ETF has attracted since it was traded in the United States in the past six months. Wintermute expects that driven by these inflows, the price of Ethereum may rise by as much as 24% in the next 12 months. U.S. regulators rejected the issuer's request to allow the Ethereum ETF to pledge the cryptocurrencies it holds, which could generate income and share it with investors. "This loss reduces the competitiveness of the ETHETF compared to direct holding, because investors can still benefit from staking," Wintermute said in its report.