For me, I would consider taking both as a great factor to boost up a certain Altcoin value. When a certain project that introduces a new crypto coin which is in terms of Altcoins, that has great features and technology, people gets interested with it that is why many people are getting curious and tend to engage with it and as people keeps on getting into such, the popularity rises because people are now giving their attention and interest into such Altcoin which boosts up its demand. When the demand rises, the price bid also rises and that is not only because of the tech and popularity alone but the combination of the two to take a greater effect on rising up a price of an Altcoin.