Ethereum would be mined, regardless whether NFTs exist or not. It was early, and grew quickly to become the number 2 coin in terms of market cap. It’s heavily l

Ethereum would be mined, regardless whether NFTs exist or not. It was early, and grew quickly to become the number 2 coin in terms of market cap. It’s heavily leveraged. The price is high enough to not care about everything else. As long as people play the liquidity game on exchanges (pure TA trading), other parties will continue to mine.