Are you from 2018 ripple and neo are dead!
I think the two projects are not dead, it's just that there might be less interest. If you die both of them will not be in the top 50 coinmarketcap positions, at least he chooses the right altcoin to be used as an investment or believes if the project mentioned will continue to grow and experience a bullrun someday.
Yes, those projects are still existing and still showing their positions inside cmc. Though the chance for those projects are not giving good stats but
the projects are still moving. If you are into investment you need to consider every aspects and every influenced that the coins have out from this
market.
Bull still not that strong but the market still working and trying to hold from it's barrier, needs to assess before moving forward.