"The Merge" was a tragedy to the Ethereum's descentralization, in my opinion. Vitalik Buterin have tons of premined ETH to stake, China and USA have tons of confiscated Ethereum and the minimum staked ETH to mine a single block makes it impracticable for most people to enter the market, so now only a few people will have control of the chain
OFAC blocks are proof of this, before they did not exceed 20% of the network, and now they exceed 70% of the total blocks generated
Of course, it's only my opinion
and what we are seeing is interesting - a ton of ETH being sold, albeit largely accumulated rewards, yet the price rises - smells to be like the centralisation is gaining pace, as somebody must be buying those approx 80k ETH per day.
I don't think the ETH staking yield is all that great, compared to other chains, eg ATOM on Cosmos. So it isn't just about the short-term finance.