It's still safe to say that a majority of cryptocurrency's price are tied to Bitcoin. Other than perhaps Ethereum, Bitcoin is still the main on/off ramp to cryptocurrency in general.
the 2018 correction is hard on everyone in the cryptospace to be sure, though it is our hope that Steem will weather the winter and come out better. As some in cryptotwitter has said: "this is the winter for price, but Summer for development and improvement"