Ryan Taylor's conference at Consensus 2017 helped Dash recoup the $ 1 billion mark.
Now, the marketcap rankings of the cryptocurrencies has just one anomaly in terms of original idea list. That anomaly is LTC.
It is a pure clone, which has got a shelf life of may be another year or two. Dash should take back its Rank#5 to correct the order soon....
Another observations, bitcoin is the lone warrior which is not DAO controlled on in the top 10 positions. Will it fall ? I think yes it will, ETH will take over its place.