Splits rarely affect overall market conditions, unless its a well supported split and honestly i don't forsee that being the case for ethereum theirs just not that much demand to create a big hard fork issue, i get the feeling we'll be stable for the most part
for whatever reason whole market is moving up. And I believe this is a sign of bull run.
This is not definitive because as at the time of my writing, the market is experiencing dip. I think this trend (the up and down movement) will continue for a while but in all, crypto should do well this year.
We've heard different speculations regarding the state of the market for this year and am doubtful if there will be any substantial bull run this year. We would all love to see a huge return of our portfolio but I'm anticipating partial movement in the industry.