Of course, ethereum's technology is not perfect and they have already postponed new network upgrades many times, but even if these updates were installed it would not have had a significant effect on the market situation and the price of the eth. The market is too bad to even respond to the good news on the project.
The market will recover, and Ethereum as well. If you go to CoinMarketCap and check the ETH deals, you will see: people's interest to this altcoin is only going up. Suppose, the best token will gain soon.