Bitcoin - sound money!
Ethereum - ultrasound money!
In my mind, neither of them count as money. Because money is something you can use to buy a cup of tea or a bag of groceries. And you can't do that with these. If if the store accepted BTC or ETH for payment, it would be ridiculous to try because of the transaction fees.
Same as you can buy stocks, a house, or a car with money, you can buy these cryptos - and hope to sell them for more money at a later date. But unlike Hive and other fee-less currencies, they can't be used as/instead of money, since it'd cost too much.