The real metric here is how many people are buying and selling things (not coins themselves) with a cryptocurrency. For actually using it as a currency bitcoin

The real metric here is how many people are buying and selling things (not coins themselves) with a cryptocurrency. For actually using it as a currency bitcoin is still unchallenged. Markets and traders are just an unfortunate side effect that now are more associated with the word "cryptocurrency" than the actual use of cryptocurrencies in the public mind.