I don't think it was an artificially bullish trap but the 45k threshold range was rejected after 2 times where bitcoin tried to recover from the pressure of the $ upside, it is falling on the bulls side. Lol, looks like bitcoin will retest in the 42k region before hitting psychologically better levels from good momentum this week. Patiently waiting for a better break
Looks like what you said happened almost this week and even now Bitcoin is starting to fix its price to over $43K and I'm more than sure to wait for another $45K in the next week on Bitcoin as well as on some other Altcoins with their share of the price as well.