Those statements are actually make a sense for me, totally. Since the price of BTC rising like crazy in the mids of 2017, at the same time some people have lose their interest in BTC and trying to get a hold of another cryptocurrency with a lower price, much smaller risk and of course affordable. For some people ETH is the best choice for it, since ETH was well know as well as BTC and its price just way cheaper than BTC, so people still see a chance of ETH to shine and increase its price and make those who hold ETH become a millionaire