Hard fork will replace current pow to pos. Protocol includes five eth improvement proposal that will definitely help the market recover from its current choppy movement. Altair will bring in more validators as active validators will gain more from current 11%. This is great news for investors and validators who have been waiting for a long time for this upgrade as this should help start a new era or crypto movement that'll change the course of history by bringing more adoption.
I doubt it all happened with the current situation.
the market is still not very strong. although hard forks can be used as a way to attract adoption it all depends on the support and trends that are in the market today.
all, of course, hope the market will get better. let's just pray, full support will happen when launch.