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Galaxy Digitals head of asset management believes spot Etherexchange-traded funds (ETFs) will be approved in weeks rather than days but agrees the decision will come sometime in July.

Look, weve done this before. This is methodical, this is window dressing, the SEC is engaged, said Steve Kurz in an interview with Bloomberg TV on July 2.

Galaxy Digital is one of eight asset managers with a proposed spot Ether ETF currently under review with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. It is collaborating with Invesco on the ETF.

Kurzs estimate is largely in line with other ETF analyst estimates.

On June 28, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas pushed back his early July estimate for ETF approvals after the SEC took extra time to get back to applicants about their S-1 paperwork.

A July 2 Bloomberg report, citing two people familiar with the matter, added fuel to this theory, stating Ether (ETH) ETF applicants have been given until July 8 to submit updated paperwork to address some minor issues.

This could be followed by an additional round of filings, they said.

Eight bidders BlackRock, Fidelity, 21Shares, Grayscale, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, iShares and Galaxy/Invesco have already been given the green light to list their shares on their respective exchanges.

The issuers now need an approved S-1 filing for the Ether ETFs to go live for trading.

Related: How ETFs are reshaping the crypto markets

In a July 2 research report, K33 Research suggested Ether ETFs would be a golden egg for ETHs price and could even outperform Bitcoin (BTC) in the first weeks after it goes live.

K33 analysts Vetle Lunde and David Zimmerman expect Etherto stumble immediately following the launch of the ETFs but noted that, much like what happened with Bitcoin, inflows to the funds would likely bolster ETHs price.

Magazine: VanEck files for Solana ETF, Ether supply inflates, and more: Hodlers Digest, June 2329

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Ethereum ETFs in 'window dressing' stage, approval in weeks Galaxy - Cointelegraph