Whales can influence the price of bitcoin simply because they are already a Millionaires that owns a lot of bitcoin, and for sure through this recent dump they have already acquired more bitcoin and that makes them more powerful than ever. We have to accept the fact that there's really a manipulation happening in cryptomarket, but don't worry because cryptocurrency is meant to pump high in the future, let's just learn how to ride with the whales and take profit when those whales are tired of pumping the market.