The Ethereum team has already postponed the Ethereum 2.0 update until January 31 next year. I hope that by then the deposit contract will be filled to the maximum. I believe that this very process is an indicator of the attractiveness of Ethereum in the cryptocurrency market today.
The time-frame has changed since a few days ago, 129K ETH (out of the 544K required) was deposited in the past two days. 2.0 is back on schedule for December now.
Unsurprisingly, the spike in deposits into 2.0 has coincided with a notable 16% increase in price. Not a coincidence imo.