With the current trend we have, I don't see any market play by now and even whales do some price manipulation as what they did before. We are entering the BER months already and as the expected price will going up as it happens in previous years. However, I've never thought and I never put conclusions that it keeps moving high just like we experience last 2017. The bull run may possible to be with us again will have a big difference from what we've experienced before.
This time the bull run may not be the same as what happen in last 2017 bull run but i think there might be a slight changes when will be the final bull run to happen. We will just have to wait for more time to pass since the bitcoin halving is getting near, we could expect already a massive rally during that time.
Bitcoin dominance in the market but like what you said this bull run is not the same in 2017 but the good thing that I see in this current bull run its pump slowly but surely as what people expected this ber month a huge pump up but who knows what will happen to the market just stay tune and carefully whatch bitcoin price action.