For me, Stellar has a very potential future. There are many people that put their money on Stellar because It has a chance to be a competitor of ETH or XRP someday. Stellar is one of my favorite coins also, I choose this coins yet it is popularity.
It is very interesting to discuss Stellar as one of the prioritized coins to buy and hold until the bullish season.
Some people think that Stellar can compete with XRP and in the future, that might happen.
But if it competes with ETH, it's still too far away.
Stellar rank is number 27, Ethereum is number second on CMC, it will take a long time to compete with ETH.