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Bitcoin price is independent but altcoins' price are dependent on Bitcoin price because most of the altcoins are traded with BTC pair. When Bitcoin price fluctuates, it makes fluctuation of altcoins' price but some altcoins which are traded only stablecoins pair, it won't depend on Bitcoin.
Altcoins are dependent on Bitcoin's movement because most of the alts are trading on BTC pair and when bitcoin pump-dump , alts are adjusting price according to the price of bitcoin on USDT. So alts won't be dependent on bitcoin or ethereum if those alts are only tradable on USDT or stablecoin pair.
We see, the crypto market is always dominated by Bitcoin where other coins follow it. When BTC price was over 60k, altcoins price was at the pick. When BTC price decreased at 31k, all other coins went down at bottom and vise versa. Altcoins price is always dependent on Bitcoin price but Bitcoin price don’t follow others. Why altcoins are dependent variable to the crypto market? I think, altcoin market has largely developed in the last few years. Now it has many good coins. So to make the crypto market stronger, it should have some independent coins whose prices will not be affected by other’s price. It will follow itself. What do you think?
The fundamental reason behind altcoins following Bitcoin is because altcoin prices are typically measured in Bitcoin. The original crypto asset may be flanked by over 3,000 competitors, but it still commands over half of the entire cryptocurrency market cap. This domination of the crypto market affords Bitcoin a lot of influence and control.