Ethereum's movement in the crypto market in recent years has indeed slowed down, Ethereum seems to have difficulty following the movement of Bitcoin prices. Even though many investors hope that the price of Ethereum can reach ATH. And they are currently still patiently waiting, because they think that the altcoin season has not arrived yet
If I have money to invest now, I will bag some ethereum and it's going to be for long time but there will not be sitting idle. I will use them to farm airdrops, I will stake them to any new projects that is launching and need some liquidity, that has earn some people many Ethereum in their bag than leave it idle and it's better for making money to buy more ethereum.
However, if the mechanism of lock involves a period of time where I wouldn't be able to unlock after a certain period of time, I will not do that because one can lose too much and when you have plan to sell, you wouldn't be able to do selling.