Banks are earning big profit from our deposits, they earn bigger than the interest that we get from our deposit because they put a bigger interest rate through thier borrower's or lenders, i think bank is not too far from big whales in crypto they buy or collect coins in dip and they sell in bull and they earn bigger from the holders that sell at loss they are almost the same or what? What dou you think?
How can they be the same? the working mechanism and earning mechanism of both parties are totally different, Whales earn from the crypto market, by buying low and selling high, and there are other small strategies included too, such as when they want to buy they dip the market collectively as they have formed collusion and when they want to dip market they short it and when they fill up their bags, and they do know after filling bags market will take an upswing, they long the market.
And, banks, earned in various ways, like from bonds money, tax money, fee money (which we have to pay on each transaction), interest money they earn and many banks do make a statement that they do not use customer's money but many still do, they invest in startups from the customers and investors money and earn profit out of it.
The working of both parties is totally different, so they are not the same but to some extent only, because Whales manipulated the crypto market and banks manipulated the world's (traditional) market.