As we all know, the exchange rate of Ethereum has fallen during the past few months (vs BTC). From around 0.035 BTC per coin six months back, the prices have fallen to 0.0205 BTC as of now. The market share of Ethereum in the cryptocurrency market has fallen from 11.5% to 8.3% during the same period. Other alts have also fallen, but not by this much.
And this has happened despite the boost it received from the IEOs. Can ETH manage a comeback anytime soon? Will the investors stop selling their ETH holdings for BTC, and hold on to the coin?
The entire alt market is pretty much in the same boat. I don't recall Dash prices this low (against btc) for like 3+ years... most alts are currently like half the value of 'normal' prices.
Now can ETH recover? Sure, who knows where the markets will go. But if BTC dominance keeps increasing, we'll be looking at BTC and that's about it, nobody will be putting money into other cryptos, including ETH.
And ETH can survive just fine regardless. You are thinking like an investor, but it's used in so many projects it'll keep chugging along. And remember some people think in fiat, not in BTC ratios, so ETH most likely will increase in fiat value even if BTC dominance goes up, just that against BTC the price may look really crummy.
When is 2.0/staking planned for ETH? That could potentially be a turning point, but I haven't followed things close enough to keep track.