I keep an eye on the XRP market cap.
It's increasing nice and linearly each day.
Most promising, for me, is the market cap of XRP relative to BTC. Currently it's about 1/5th or 1/6th the size of Bitcoin.
The market cap of ripple relative to BTC is currently more than 1/2, certainly not 1/5th or 1/6th
https://www.ripplecharts.com/I keep a close eye on
http://coinmarketcap.com/ every day
Auroracoin & Paycoin are testament to the disingenuity of such an approach. Real ripple market cap, as said is more than half that of btc, or mastercard at IPO.
Coinmarketcap does not show ripples true market cap (like XRP disbursed in business relations, to partners, Sweetheart deals etc. It just shows the amount not privately held by the for-profit corporation, that you have the potential to buy ..like from those who haven't already nearly given their free stakes (& sockpuppet stakes) away long ago because they can't figure out the clunky trust IOU models work.
Indeed - the real market cap is much less than what coinmarketcap shows which is just the total 100Bn XRP - the 69% that Ripple Labs holds. If Larsen, Britto and McCaleb were to sell their XRP into the market, then the price would plummet. The true market cap is more like $160m or 1/3 of that currently showing on coinmarketcap.