The celebrity investor said Ethereum is “most like money” and believes in the power of NFTs and smart contracts.The ETH/USD exchange rate surged to $2,007 during the Asia-Pacific trading session Friday, bringing the Bitcoin Dominance Index to its lowest point since October 2020.The BTC supporters are legion on social media — but there is a dedicated base for Eth. This makes one ask — is it the year of Bitcoin or the year of Ethereum?We know this is comparing Apples and a decentralized platform, but a comparison is inevitable — you can support both horses and still speculate around who is going to win the race.Billionaire investor and co-owner of The Shark Tank and the Houston Mavericks, Mark Cuban recently appeared on the Delphi Podcast.Mark has revised his 2019 assessment when he stated he’d “rather have bananas” than Bitcoin. His opinion has changed on BTC — but NFTs and their smart contract capabilities really have his interest.“I was always positive on Bitcoin as a store of value,” Cuban said.“The whole banana thing was over the utility of Bitcoin — I didn’t see it as a currency. I don’t see it as a currency.”Cuban said he “hasn’t sold anything,” and he does believe in BTC as a store of value. However, he thinks we are in a new hype cycle — around NFTs and smart contract capabilities associated with Ethereum.“This is the hype cycle. We are in it right now… We already had a hype cycle for BTC and Eth in 2017… Now we have a hype cycle for smart contracts and NFTs… but it also becomes an education.”Cuban described his own attitudes on crypto as having evolved. For him, the lightbulb moment happened in January when he went to Mintable to start creating NFTs.“That’s what really got my interest and…