The bitcoin price has been much less volatile than in the past. It is in a tight range of $400 to $430.
I wouldn't say price stagnation is permanent. Most likely it is only momentarily.
Prime rise is to be expected. We should now be in a phase of anticipation, some serious price movements are meant to happen before the halving.
Exactly price stagnation is not a permanent but this time it is at a specific price for a long time. Some price increase which might occur when we are near to halving.