Is a display of the real value of crypto-currencies I think. They want payment in BTC. Alt-coins are for speculation (gambling), BTC are the actual alternative to Central Banker's fiat.
Someone made a FTC sale for 183 BTC - about $147K USD. That's got to put some downward pressure! [edit] But I just saw the asking price they wanted for that deal.
Think I'll sell the FTC I just bought and take that loss as a learning experience with fontas pumps haha
Got 3/4 of what I bought, out at 0.00057 Basically just puts me back to where I was last night before I made money from last nights FTC move.