Stellar's 2019 - Could we be chasing ETH?

Just wanted to throw the idea out there to see how many others share the same thoughts.

With the roadmap, and upcoming events could we be lining up for a year similar to one of the most successful years ETH has ever had?

Let's go into very basic detail...

1. XLM adoption seems to be on the up, with 2020 a week away. If Banks really are about to go mainstream with anything to do with Stellar, this will cause an immense surge in global ambience / adoption.

2. XLM, similar to ETH, is a major coin that can be completely seperate to Bitcoin and it's value.

The rise of ETH happened when it started to trend as 'Silver' the brother to 'Gold 2.0' (bitcoin).

1. XLM has zero issues with reputation, unlike ripple, Bitcoin and other major coins most consumers have now heard of. This is an advantage because it means when stellar does get the lime light it won't have as much instant FUD.

I'm probably way off / going on a tangent here but thought i might aswell make this post and get told that's the case.

Final note: I don't plan on selling I actually believe Stellar could be a safe 10-20 year hodl and change a lot of lives.