Whales are only a small percentage compared to the rest of the bitcoin eco system. Price of bitcoin is determined by many factors , one of them being whales trying to make profits which is standard now and nothing new. In the bitcoin price impact can be decided by how many people who use bitcoin, in how many different scenarios is possible to use bitcoin, why is bitcoin better than other payments systems, bitcoin can safeguard my identity when buying some digital goods etc.

When all the above are assessed by many persons and these many persons believe in those values that can impact bitcoin price, bitcoin will go easily above 50.000 dollars.