Its not just about the high liquidity or community but the active research and development of the network consistently performed by he foundation unlike waves that little or less rely on its obsolete usecases and technology. Technology is fast and transient and must be always updated
This is the problem with investors, they are all speculators with no interest in the coin other than to make money. They do not care that Waves has active research and very less marketing. People prefer things like Tron, so little research so much marketing. Waves has so much more potential but it is not getting the price it deserves just because it is Russian based.