Everyone expected it to die and most hash power switched over, but not all. Enough was left that the anti-fork people started calling it classic and poloniex s

Everyone expected it to die and most hash power switched over, but not all. Enough was left that the anti-fork people started calling it classic and poloniex started trading it, probably to let people who now had ETC liquidate. But the trading wasn't a straight line to zero as most expected, the "movement" became s but real and now it is still a very large crypto currency by market cap - and hash rate- despite being the "loser". Given how dynamic Ethereum is code wise there may well be a market for an Ethereum alternative for ETC to fill. Lisk and Expanse seem to indicate this is possible.