I believe that the time will come, slowly the altcoin starts to crawl up now and my hope is that by the end of the year it will be like this last year. The number of short positions fell to a historic low.This suggests that the bears have exhausted their strength, and perhaps soon we will see the growth! I hope so.
I do not think we have any choice but to hope like you in this uncertain market. Indeed a little more than that, because the probability for this year increase is more than last year.
There may not be a rise in alts as it was in 2017 BTC all time high. The situations are different now and the world is in a type of recession and investments might be only in Bitcoin. The projects which might become a reality for common people, only those may get money from BTC and may rise again.
Increase may not be the same as in 2017, but I do not think it would be carefree with the altcoins if BTC increases noticeably. What we have seen lately is a slightly different scenario, and the remarkable increase will not repeat this.