Anybody can say anything and Ethereum as we know it has grown beyond a mere inventory that a mere bad talk can just drop the value in the market. As for me, I would love to keep and even bag more before the merge.
Eth already has power, so any negative rumors about this project will not be easily dispelled, especially with the merger of Eth, their network will be better and of course more projects will enter the Eth network again because with the merger of Eth the high cost can be minimized again so that to make transactions using the Eth network you are no longer afraid of high fees so it never hurts to hold a coin that has great potential in the future, namely Ethereum.