Ethereum has been use widely for ICO purchase which have given this coin a high recognition. And also ripple has been on test for her technology in financial institutions to use since it can process trasactions than bitcoin. Will these two coins replace bitcoin and become number 1 on the coinmarketcap
ethereum is indeed widely used by the founders of ICO ... because ethereum has a platform that supports various coins or altcoins (ERc20) ... so it is natural that ethereum continues to be used by ICO founders... but Bitcoin cannot be replaced by ethereum or other coins ... because bitcoin is the king of the king on all coins .