What I think is that whales are not controlling Bitcoin, they can't change the nature of the project and it will remain decentralized no matter what. Whales are here to enjoy the market, that is true but being the owner of the entire crypto market. I admit that manipulations occur in the market but if we talk about the control of Bitcoin price, I certainly doubted it.
We have to be aware of the market volatility and the price of Bitcoin will pump or dump normally, not because it was being planned to what will happen next otherwise, Mr. Satoshi had failed.
The whales still manipulated to their liking, but it wouldn't exactly go according to their plan. There will be some mistakes they might make. The control of bitcoin prices is not completely manipulated by whales. We'll see. When bitcoin volatility rises, nothing can stop bitcoin from experiencing bullishness and reaching ATH. The volatility of the bitcoin price is so difficult to control that even Whales would not be able to fully manipulate it. They only apply pressure at the beginning.