I find it interesting that we are seeing a group of coins that for one reason or another is holding up better than others.  Monero, Decred, Doge.  To a lesser extent ETH, BCH and the IEO tokens like BNB LEO.

To me it looks like the market, though pumping up the BTC dominance is also separating the wheat from the chaff (at least speculatively) for alts.

I am no fan of ETH, BCH the exchange tokens or even Doge really... but I can form a pretty strong narrative as to why those coins are trying to rally or hold more than the rest of the field.  I think the market is getting smarter.  Hopefully they will eventually realize XMR really holds a unique position among crypto assets.