Well WildShark, the ion team stated (or the forum moderators) that you did not earn your whale status, you paid for it like everyone else. See below:
"For the record; WildVaHawk (Sharky / Wildy) bought his atoms like everyone else did, whatever their status - there were no free Atoms issued. No one gets preferential treatment and thus no one can 'earn' Whale status. WildVaHawk purchased all his Atoms off the Marketplace auctions on
https://ionomy.com"
I left my explanation for "earn" and comment from the forum moderator on ION Talk thread and can be viewed @
https://www.iontalk.net/t/whale-status-ion/201/And this is why 95% of this website is full of shit.... and you wonder why the devs don't respond... would you when you know that everything you post is going to be twisted into whatever agenda the person posting wants.... this place is toxic
Forgive me if I am misunderstanding, but that means you earned whale status with XPY. And remember, ION and XPY are not related. So you indeed purchased your ION whale status then. If XPY and ION are not related, you didn't earn ION whale status. If you are adamant that you earned ION whale status, then XPY and ION must indeed be related.