ETH definitely the better choice from a utility perspective. Ripple even better if you believe that financial insto's are going to support any of them. But then again, if they do, they would rather build their own. So I don't think we've seen the killer app in blockchain emerge yet. Meanwhile, BTC will be what the crowd (read "dumb money") follows and buys into. It has the lowest utility but highest FOMO and Fear and Greed factors, so expect it to also have the highest vol going forward. The days of puberty and HODL are past now, and crypto has become a trader's dream. Most of the black boxes are clearly MACD / momentum driven in their algo designs so it's easy to sell high and buy low on momentum, not price. Wish there was someone bold enough to offer long dated options but most of the CFD providers (IG etc) are too scared because vol levels are so high.