agree with Rune, Ripple rise would be rather positive for BitShares.
Both because it draws serious institutional attention into crypto 2.0 projects, and because BitShares is complementary to Ripple.
Ripple is targeting to replace SWIFT etc. for the existing banking system, with the nodes will likely be controlled by some interbanking network. So not exactly centralised, but definitely not as decentralised and democratic as BTS!
Much higher XRP market cap is reflective in my view of rather mature system. As far as I understand, Ripple Labs had certain time advance versus Invictus with regards to product design, team building, development, marketing. BTS is much more "work in progress with moving targets" which will imo a fundamentally new type of economic organization and will prove its strength over time due to its inherent flexibility.
Still, just a few months ago, Ripple had major issues with dev team stability and initial stakes distributions, suffering huge declines in market cap (from $10bn peak for all 100bn xrp in Dec 2013 to some $400m a few months ago). The possible reversal of the fortunes now provides a good example for BitShares to stick in and continue to work on improvements, resolving issues, and keeping enthusiasm independently of price action...