Or do we wait on time to tell? Or is the system setup that way in honour of Bitcoin to ever lead as the first introduced digital currency while others follows? Or should it be assumed that there are secrets Satoshi Nakamoto being the builder of Bitcoins has which other Crypto coins developers has not been able to discover yet?
Good question because I also had this question once, but when I got to know the real potential and hype that it (BTC) got due to the internet of people, as the price of BTC is driven by demand and supply, so it means more people were investing in BTC, especially from the time when there was no alts, in simple words, BTC started the hype of all crypto world and is in the market from a quite long time.
Gained so much hype, trust, M.cap, and trading volume, and now after the approval of ETF where billions of dollars are being traded, I can't say it's hopeful to think that alts could surpass BTC in any way (like in terms of m.cap or in terms of price). If we say what if in terms of use case then there are plenty of good projects that serves more usecase then BTC (some BTC enthusiasts might not like this statement but its a fact).
In short, a pattern has been made by the investors, which is different for every level of investors, as level 1 are the ones who lost there funds to the highest level investors.