Still at the third position. It is removable and could be in less position but it did not happened.  ripple is not yet dead, probably there are something good is going to happen once ripple recovered.The popularity of Ripple as a cryptocurrency is determined by the number of partner banks that use the Ripple payment system. this cryptocurrency is completely different from the usual bitcoin, Ethereum.the high speed of transactions is higher than in the Bitcoin network. With a decrease in the number of coins and the increasing popularity of the entire system, the cost of the ripple will naturally grow.