gradually? i think their days ended last year on Dec 15, 2018 when price reached $3122 and they had nothing to say in this market any more from that day on. price has been constantly rising up ever since if you look at the longer term instead of daily charts with only certain periods of accumulation which could be referred to as the sideways periods. market has been officially in bull mode ever since that day.
all the subsequent drops we see are small and short term because of either corrections or some panic that are always resolved right away.