As time goes by the whales will sell their stash and their control will dilute.
Some whales are not interested in manipulation.
Over time as the fiat value of BTC increases and BTC holdings get diluted the definition of a whale will change.
1000 BTC
100 BTC
10 BTC
1 BTC
0.1 BTC etc
How many 2009 whales still have their entire stash ?