Riak will recover in the near future, rest assured that Ripple will not just give up. Ripple is a good and trustworthy coin, so we don't need to worry about Ripple anymore. Of course it will return to normal again
Any coin must be effective in use so that the price of it grows. While I see only speculation. No final product. Coins are not used and its not a fact that holding a ripple is a good idea. Do not forget that half of the coins are with the developers and we do not know how they will act. But today's market is unpredictable.