More specifically, each period of stagnation and low prices in the altcoin markets can be tied directly to a high volume price surge in the BTC/FIAT markets. And each period of high volume price surges in the altcoin market is a direct repercussion of a temporary dip in price and activity in the BTC/FIAT markets.

This is the ebb and flow, or yin and yang of the entire altcoin market, and is a real time demonstration of the laws of popularity and demand