It is very possible. I wrote about the reasons why I bought, and am using ETH as opposed to BTC here :- https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@buggedout/bitcoin-falters-as-1-gateway-crypto-and-a-challenger-emerges
lets hope for a similar rally in ETC as well I sold out of electroneum yesterday (100% gain was enough for me ) bought 2 x new 1080tis and am now stacking ETC CHoo chooo all aboard the hype train.