There’s no announcement about the fork, it’s just a merge and there’s no need to fork because ETH is already good for itself and beside the fork before didn’t bring that much for ETH. Well, we have to see the bigger picture here, the upcoming update will surely bring positive impact to it’s own network so let’s stay bullish for this year. Many are already preparing for the merge update, ETH is still expected to be on a good price this month.
The merger will have a good impact on ETH as long as Bitcoin markets and conditions improve. And ETH itself will also experience an increase in the market as seen now, where almost all altcoins including ETH have increased in price in the market. That indicates that the market and Bitcoin influence is still far greater than the merger concept that is being prepared by ETH this year. Hopefully it can be a very positive thing on ETH.