Turns out overall state of altcoins is currently stronger than that of Bitcoin (and as a result, we could expect a stronger bounce from the alts during the recovery)?
Or are there other explanations?
Since alts are more volatile than BTC, they may bounce more strongly than BTC.
Keep in mind that BTC is expensive; altcoins are cheaper. That's why the volatility from altcoins is higher than BTC.
For now we are currently bearish; the retracement level, or the bearish golden zone, has already been filled. If you monitor the price from last year until February, you will notice that it is similar to what is happening now.
Altcoins are truly more volatile than Bitcoin and I think the best way to know the strength of altcoins, is if they can outpace BTC on those green days that would definitely come when Bitcoin bounces upwards.
Stablecoin inflows are responsible for this dip and that's why it seems that altcoins are winning or about to, but as you have noted from history data, there's always a point where Bitcoin stabilizes and takes a bullish turn.
Now is the best time to accumulate more Bitcoin instead of trading away at altcoins looking for returns that may be high leverage risk to begin with.