Ether, although up, cannot go up for ever according to Business Insider,
see the full article at "https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/ether-price-eth-road-key-resistance-2700-cryptocurrencies-kraken-bitcoin-2021-4-1030284996"
onto the analysis, Ethereum is currently heading up strong(expect a 5% daily return). let's go to https://etherscan.io for gas info.
Diff and gas(a result of diff) are steadily increasing, as usual, but not at 5%(the price increase today), so let's go to txns per block. We have around a 175 txn/block ratio, this means that there is competition in blocks. This creates demand, thus increasing the price.
synopsis:
the best way to make a buck with eth is by mining. the price is skyrocketing because of a lack of miners. less miners means less people to split the reward, thus more money.
conclusion:
the best way to make money with ETH is by mining