Whether ethereum will remain in second place in terms of capitalization for a long time, in my opinion, will depend on the quality of the improvements that this coin will receive in mid-January. They can greatly increase the popularity of ethereum and then it will very firmly strengthened for a long time. Coin ripple is absolutely controllable. Periodically, it may overtake ethereum for some time in terms of capitalization, but this will not change anything in the cryptocurrency anyway. Ripple is not capable of anything else. She is good at banking and should basically be used there.