Ripple has a centralized blockchain and it has long terms bearish forecasts. After bitcoins, it's ripple that new investors put their money because of their facebook feeds and media promotion.
Last year the adoption of of crypto-currency increased but we found problems associated with it like regulations, volatility, scaling, transaction fees, proof work(Energy inefficient), restructuring the node-network for true decentralization etc. This is I am excited about the solution to these problems and their effect on market. Ripple with it's centralized blockchain is just not the scene.