You can argue all day about developments in the eth2 but the chart says it's going up https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum That's not an opinion but a fact. The investors or would be validators are definitely happy that things are moving along and that they can be involved in something they see as profitable. The speculators that are helping the price pump couldn't care less about it. They're just buying the rumors and selling the announcements.