Many Bitcoin strategists and investors started 2021 with the deep-rooted prediction that the US dollar would weaken. However, each prediction has proven to be false. The Bitcoin market avoided the stronger dollar narrative, at least for the first half of the Q1, with Tesla’s $1.5 billion investment into the cryptocurrency and MicroStrategy’s relentless purchasing fueling the market. But with the return of US exceptionalism, the cryptocurrency market felt a slowdown in its growth.