It will not as the ethereum 2.0 may get another delay. Some people have already stated if that was having a very high chance for ethereum POS to be delayed again.
Delay or not, it won't destroy the true intrinsic value of Ethereum. If you have Bitcoin or fiat, such delay, if happens again, will give you more opportunities to buy cheap Ethereum. I don't expect it will happen but it will not be the end of the world, or a catastrophic for me and Ethereum investors.
I will not expect ethereum to reach 1k rate this year. It may happen but for the next year.
I have been buying a lot when it was less than $150
ATH can't be achieved by ethereum this year and this true. The current movement in ethereum price was fully controlled by bitcoin.
$1000 this year, it might not happen, I do have a same thought as yours. Fortunately, I have my thought that Ethereum has come to its very last moments before breaking off from its temp price. 0.035
BTC for one Ethereum, why not?