Recently I have observed that for every pump or increase in price of bitcoin, there is no corresponding increase in the price of altcoins
Even though this causes a lot of people to worry, it is best as it prepares altcoins for self dependence and it also limits manipulation of altcoins
Soon enough both bitcoin and altcoins will be non dependent on one another totally
I think there is a direct link between the value of bitcoin and the value of altcoin. But in any case, this does not negate the fact that we still can not predict the course and behavior of any cryptocurrency with 100% accuracy.