<p>Well it is possible for ripple(XRP) to take the second place this year if the demands of ripple is very high and it </p><p>received a total investment that is more than that of </p><p>ethereum,what determines the rank of a cryptocurrency on the market is the market capitalization of the </p><p>cryptocurrency so if ripple have a higher market capitalization than ethereum then of course ripple(XRP) </p><p>will rank higher than ethereum,and the factor that can </p><p>increase market capitalization is when there is a massive increase on demands of ripple...</p>