ETH is far from dying considering the TVL and daily transactions made in the blockchain, the coin failed to surpass previous ATH but it's the same to other altcoins.
Actually if ETH price keeps increasing every cycle, that'd be bad because the fee will also increase. Although Vitalik said Ethereum doesn't need L2 anymore because it's cheap enough, the price spike still happens frequently.
I'd also bet that ETH is far from dead, and the fact that it, along with altcoins has not pumped and generating profits in this cycle is completely normal. because this is a speculative market, and when everything becomes too predictable and everyone want to get rich quick. It is understandable that the market does not behave the way the crowd expects.
Those who say that ETH will soon die are simply frustrated because they put their faith in it, but things did not turn out the way they expected.
