Bitcoin down altcoins down, yes that is how it stand and that is how it will stand for a long period of time because bitcoin is the king of all coins and it determine the price and value of other coins, if bitcoin rise other coins will rise, if bitcoin falls other coins will fall its simple as that.
Bitcoin has a big influence on the state of the digital currency market. therefore we must be prepared to accept all the risks that exist, bitcoin is used as a benchmark because it has popularity, a level of trust and also a very large transaction volume. so everything that happens to bitcoin will definitely affect the overall movement of Coin. believe that when we can read the direction of the movement of bitcoin then we will also be able to read the direction of the movement of the altcoin.