If you calculate in $$, then it's relevant. If you don't, it's not. I keep score in $$, so to me, it's relevant.
OK, but as you would have seen, this thread is specifically for discussion about the Ethereum "flippening". Statements such as "But Eth hasn't gone up in $$ much really" are not relevant to that discussion. .
Sorry, forgot about the rigorous, unflagging discipline of all ET'ers to maintain the topic of the OP.