Edit: but feel free to explain to me how "Ethereum's gain (against $USD) is because people are buying BTC, not Ether" works

Certainly.
Ever taken a train ride ? Well if the train's travelling at 80 MPH and you take a stroll to the buffet car for a coffee, you'll actually be doing around 82MPH - 2MPH faster than the train.
There's a reason that every exchange expresses all alt-coin values in one denomination only and thats because one coin serves as the front door for this entire market.
(And it ain't no Lego-Coin)

>There's a reason that every exchange expresses all alt-coin values in one denomination only
http://s32.postimg.org/x6d1odzdh/Capture.jpgpresto change-o!
http://s32.postimg.org/jnf1l0vv9/Capture.jpg>Ever taken a train ride ?
You
eat a lot of acid huff a lot of gas, Miller, back in the hippie days?
>thats because one coin serves as the front door
Lol, Most exchanges have ETH/USD pairs. Welcome to 2016
