Whether ETF is accepted by SEC or not, this only contributes to Bitcoin reforms that are not related to rising or falling prices. We need to understand that Bitcoin always develops in a new way.
Bitcoin and the whole cryptocurrency space has even been developing long before we started hearing news of future contracts which eventually became a reality, and then we are now on the ETF path, which I am pretty sure a whole lot of this development is only going to lead to some form of regulation in the long run. I am not against regulation, but the attention on the ETF thing is too much. This was the same kind of attention that was given to CBOE futures which is for what reason at the end of the day.
Looks like the 10th August date did not provide the highs we were looking for

Everyone looked for the exit door instead it seems.... dang it

Maybe you missed the news, It was postponed. That is not even the case now. The truth is it is not really a big deal as some people are really putting it. This market will still mature in its own time, things will develop further and we will get to see a better space without the ETF which the whole ETF is just a whole lot of distraction and the whole fuss around is, even makes it unappealing by the day.
The end of the year is coming again and I hope that people will invest in bitcoin again and the investment cap will increase. If it happens the price will automatically grow. There is no other reason for the price to increase. All these new are fake and the facts are something different. The current situation tells that there is no effect of ETF on the price of bitcoin.