It seems like Ethereum made a mess out of things with the hard fork.
They made so huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge mistake thats insane. They rushed all decisions and all decisions were bad. Decision about returning money after dao hack, made more bad than good, more people and exchanges lost money, ethereum lost credibility and broke their principles.
If this was only this, but they also rushed hard fork, not including safety mechanisms what developers admited, this is one massive failure
About you question, nothing is more safe than bitcoin, i wouldn't choose any other coin.