I would normally disagree on Ripple being in a portfolio, but if you have to beef up your portfolio now, there's perhaps not been a much better time (except a few months ago when prices were even lower). Yes, this consolidation could still lead to searching of new floors, but even so, there's not much more to lose for the big coins. Ripple as a token is pretty shit, but the price now actually is probably as bad as it gets. A pump is sure to happen, along with all other alts, and $1 is not an unrealistic target that its founders will surely try to manipulate for.