It's basically because XMR is a little more resilient than other coins.   Under 0.01 was the one I thought was 'the Rubicon'.  But TBH - Monero has seemed a little tougher in not dropping quite as much as the rest of the alt market, it doesn't want to go lower.  LTC is not far off the XMR price right now, which surprises me after the LTC halvening.

August spike due, perhaps - XMR has historically had one, if usually short-lived...