i don't think so, hardfork simple is tool of whale control coin market price.
ethereum very well for invest but it can't improve value with hardfork.
Whale control? you don't know what you are saying, this hardfork is not a chain split its just a normal upgrade to new features for ETH and this won't add more value to ETH but if the features are better than what we already have then many more investors will start buying and this can add more to its value