Them selling at local highs is not a pump and dump move. And yes, other cryptos have a higher return but none of those are ETH and none of those have the potential of ETH.
I got into ETH @ $7, and sold it during the 'Vitalik died in a car crash' rumor crash.
Too much depends on one guy, even if it's just crowd psychology. And he doesn't look very healthy for me.
Additionally, the code is being adjusted continuously and who knows which step it's gonna take next
(which is not bad for a high innovative blockchain, but not good for a solid investment which won't drop dead).
Also, compared to before, ETH has lots of new competitor chains, while it had the whole blockchain contract space for itself in the past.
It's popularity and use cases are less and less, as people launch tokens and defi solutions on other chains.
I feel it's becoming overtaken and obsolete in the future.
One thing that won't happen to BTC for obvious reasons.
Even pricewise, while BTC reached and breached its ATHs now, ETH is still below.
I know, it's not altcoin season and so on, but it's still a little dissapointing.
That said, I still own some ETH, which I got by selling puts on it. and plan to let it go during this bullrun around 8-12K.
After that, BTC only.