Months before The Merge process finished, a simulation pointed out the network's issuance rate would drop as the ruleset changed. The current statistics show that the predictions have come true as the network's issuance rate has slowed significantly since September 15.
Cryptory.net - Ethereum (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, has dropped sharply over the past 12 hours after The Merge The successfully activated.
Ethereum was up 25% in the past few days and seemingly poised to break above the descending resistance line formed since the ATH (all-time high) in November 2021.