The latest rumour going around about the Ethereum merge is a dump after, you are wrong if you are one of them, Ethereum going proof of stake and fixing the high gas fee have automatically turn this project into a GOLD, every whales will want to stake and enjoy the rewards, even if a dump happens after the so called fork it won't last.
I agree with you, Ethereum has a great future especially if they can fix the high gas fee. Those who hold huge amount of ethereum now will surely gain huge profit sooner or later. The merge and upgrade in ethereum blockchain must have a good result or else it will destroy the trust of the people.
I don't like Ethereum, and I always choose other platforms, but it's me... Even though I don't like it I think it has a future, and probably will rise in popularity and price! I don't know how, and I am not sure why some people still stick to Ethereum (one of the reasons is probably the one about Ethereum and all those tokens made a lot of millionaires), some other platforms are much better! I say that as an ordinary user... We will see the future, but Ethereum devs must get serious if they don't wish to be overruled by some other platforms, which can happen in the next 5-10 years!