This is the viral meme regarding Vitalik right now. I don't know if it's appropriate to post it here (if not I will delete it in a few hours), but I just shared it.

We are getting close to the event, the ETH Merge, many are seeing this as an opportunity to go all in and take advantage of a possible pump, like the one we recently saw with Vitalik memes, on the other hand, there are degens willing to play safe, which side are you on and why?.
Whatever the reason is, don't ever, ever, ever go all in in one coin unless it is for a short time only.
Many are hoping that there will be a short pump because of the ETH merge. Well, it might pump but there is a chance that it will remain stagnant or worse it might go even lower. It will depend on the sentiment of the people and how they will react to the update. We've seen numerous updates regarding Ethereum in the past, but those updates didn't make the price of Ethereum go up.
As for me, I will keep accumulating Ethereum not because of the hype and the merge because I believe in the coin itself. I'm buying it for long term purpose and not for short term only so between those 2 options that you shared, I'm neither one of them.