Market variability is always happen makes us think that the market isn't controlled by anyone else.
Whales might could give influence to the market price but not in a way that they can control the entire market. Remember that whales are just market players, only the have huge investment which can affect the market trend once they move it.
Bitcoin whales are able to have a huge impact on the BTC market, but as practice shows, their influence extends to the altcoin market. Today, watching whales has become much more difficult due to the increase in the number of over-the-counter brokers who process great volumes of crypto transactions. Thus, large cryptocurrency owners can still influence the value of your portfolio, while maintaining anonymity.