I think it's still too early to talk about a bull run... The bitcoin is stabilizing today and it will make some more dump before really providing a solid base to get back on the rise.
Agree. A bull run may well be a bull trap, though I don't see anything that would count as a bull run at all in the first place. Right now we are in what should be called a minor reversal, and if we don't jump over $10,000, we may head southward. There are no good fundamentals for Bitcoin to rise now, but when it doesn't rise it falls, as simple as that. On the other hand, Litecoin seems to be getting a lot of attention these days with LitePay just around the corner.
I was kind of hoping Bitcoin would just stick around at the $8k mark for the rest of the month, after flailing around 6 and 7 for a while, but I suppose that's wishful thinking. I think now a lot of people would be wary of possible bull traps, although right now moving above 9k, I guess the smart's money on a retesting of 10k over this coming week. Like you said though, if the waves break over that barrier, then we'll likely be in for another reversal before Bitcoin can gather strength.
So far the January dump replayed itself, time to see if the coming Spring will be another season of renewal.