I think that the bull is just playing in the bear market. No confirmation of the bull trend until the price reach to a certain level or so and continuing the uptrend but if it is interrupted with another short downward trend, the benefit of the doubt is still around.
when later the bitcoin market increases and can reach $ 6k it is a sign of the beginning of a bull. now I think the market is preparing to achieve that, unfortunately the market is surviving and its growth is very slow.