Two weeks ago, the Ethereum Merge successfully shifted the blockchain to a proof-of-stake system, eliminating the need for crypto miners on the network. A new, forked version of Ethereum still powered by PoW was created, though it got off to a rocky start. Support from customers of Binance, a giant in crypto trading, could in theory help sustain the forked version.
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