Things are a bit messy on the ETH side. Recently, some key developers and former team members have distanced themselves from the ecosystem, which has seriously dampened market morale. Meanwhile, SOL, XRP, and the new narrative coins are grabbing attention, while $ETH has found itself in the debate of 'is it losing its leadership for the first time?'. Vitalik is constantly trying to reassure the community, but the market is now looking at the story as much as the tech. In the past: BTC would rally → ETH would follow. Now, the money is flowing into AI coins, $HYPE, and high beta projects. I don’t think ETH is dead, but for the first time, the market isn’t viewing Ethereum as an automatic safe haven.