The crypto market continued its downward trend on Saturday, May 17, with most altcoins erasing some of their recent gains. 

Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from this week’s high of $105,000 to $103,000. Some of the top laggards were Pi Network (PI), Bonk (BONK), Floki (FLOKI), and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU), which dropped by over 10%.

Bitcoin is often the main driver in the crypto market. In most cases, altcoins rally whenever the top coin is on an upward trend and fall when there’s a retreat. For example, most of them surged by double digits recently when Bitcoin broke the resistance at $90,000 and reached $105,900.

In this case, altcoins are falling because…