Aloha!
As there have been many comments made before my reply, I apologize, in advance, if I might have repeat a comment or two.
Here are my thoughts of this post:
I'm not quite sure what the topic is clearly about.
In response to China's ban on ICO; the ban are only of exchanges of active ICOs and upcoming ICOs. The reason: to prevent scams/fraud. I believe this is a great action to be had. No FUD necessary.
The next faster speed; as you have stated, is Ethereum compared to Bitcoin. I believe that LiteCoin had just passed their lightning speed test and will be the new competitor to Ethereum. Folks will prefer using LiteCoin more than Ethereum for that obvious fact. As for Bitcoin, it is a weath preserver because it is way expensive and slow.
Other than that, much mahalo for your great post. Aloha!