that is because almost all trading pairs are against btc. So when BTC value goes down alts dip hard as well. A true trading pair would be against USD, USDT or native currency. I truly blame the exchanges for it. If most coins were traded against fiat you would see bitcoin not affect other coins as much.
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True and I wonder, why the exchanges have so much power? What is their "official" reason to do so?
It just makes no sense....