The market reaction to $ETH is a touchstone, and Ethereum's performance is indeed lacking. This is closely related to the internal disagreements within their technical team, the inadequacy and impracticality of the ecosystem they have built, and the excessively high transaction fees, among other issues. If these problems are not well addressed, it is inevitable that they will be abandoned by the market and eventually replaced by other coins in the second position; it's just a matter of time.