It took Bitcoin nearly 9 years for it to get to this point with the help of global economic meltdown FUD. It only took Ethereum about 2 and a half years (of real developmemt) for its valuation.
I can see alts taking a dominating position in the next 3 to 5 years with Ethereum being the most likely choice.
Well we know that ether is actually being used. It had 73941 transactions in the last 24 hours and the number is trending upwards:
https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/ethereum-transactions.htmlIf it ever tops the number of transactions done by bitcoin, then watch out!