In my experience, DASH serves as a leading indicator of altcoin markets generally. The reason for this, I believe, is that DASH has cultivated a solid community of interested participants, and the DASH team provides educational content. Dash is popular for being easy for the end-user both to understand and to use, and this is a challenge that many coins have not...
Evidence speaks for itself. Oh boy... The alternative cryptocurrency market is in a mega-subprime mode right now. I'm guessing that we're still in the 2006's? Not quite close to 2008 burst yet. ----------- P.S: Enter if you're daring enough, with a 10% stop loss from this level.