....is their complete dependancy of Bitcoin. It really takes all the fun out of crypto trading.
No matter what kind of awesome progress some altcoins make....it doesn't change the trend upwards if Bitcoin doesn't allow it.
Pump and dump groups I also blame. Because of them I'm very positive that Bitcoin won't make it past 30 000 this year. 50 000 to 80 000 would be realistic without pump and dump groups dominating and controlling the prices.
Anyways, these things have to change somehow. The first altcoin developers who claim their absolute freedom from Bitcoin will be the real winners of this crypto game.
That is not really much of a problem when you see that bitcoin is still holding up quite well and the altcoins seem to not be doing very well, there is a lot more that can be done for the coins by their investors. The thing is bitcoin is what they get their value from and if there wasn't bitcoin to give value to the coin then the prices would be totally irrational