Thanks for the great comment, there are certainly a multitude of coins with more advanced tech, super fast transaction speeds and low or no fees so it does seem like BTC is losing it's foothold. I guess it's the name recognition and the mystique of Satoshi that keeps it at the top of the game.

I'm far from being a crypto expert but while researching this post I found a lot of coins including BCH and ETH that are rumored to be backed by the establishment as well. ETH, I believe, was seed-funded by paypal / palantir founder Peter Thiel. My hope is that maybe there could be a leak from someone on the inside who can shed light on what's happening behind the scenes from some of these coins.