I think the altcoin market was pumped by Chinese whales, and now they are dumping it to make money before their New Year holiday. They pump it every so often, and I don't think the state of bitcoin matters to them when they pump. They completely manipulate some altcoin markets.
Altcoins..pumped by Chinese Whales?
c'mon man...10 BTC worth of trade is enough to pump some of these Alts 1000%. BTC 'whales' aren't pumping Alts.
you need some more for the top altcoin, for the top 10 at least, 10 btc will not do anything
so yeah maybe some small whale is pumping the strongest altcoin, while bitcoin faces some stagnation
remember that money always moves, if you see stagnation in one place is because they are on something else