If Ethereum does not strengthen its position, and Ripple continues to grow, then we will see Ripple constantly in second place. Moreover, the price of Ripple is quite low, and it is already competing with the price of Ethereum. Let's see what will happen in 2019 because the Ethereum team postponed the implementation of the Constantinople update, the second part of the Metropolis hardfork on the Ethereum network until the beginning of 2019.