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what is whale and why they can manipulate the market and how did they do it? I'm curious about that.

Usually an investor with big funds may be over 100 Bitcoin is called a whale, they can easily dump and pump the coins especially the low capped ones if they buy or sell with all their investments, nowadays even bigger institutions and wall street money is also flowing into crypto they are also big manipulators due to backing of huge funds.

A whale is a person that have plenty of a particular currency. For example a bitcoin whale is a person that have alot of bitcoin. It must be 1000btc and above to qualify as a whale. Price can be manipulated my a whale when they dump some of their bag which make people  to think that the price is dropping and cause people  to panic sell and they will buy back the dip and acquire  more btc. The can also pump the price by buying more of btc for example and people  will think  the price is pumping  and they will FOMO ( fear of missing Out)  the whale will dump on them and take profit.

Whales are Large investors who can invest more than 1000 btc and even more and they can move the market up and down with their btc volume every exchange have whales

that's why I am always lost because im FOMO sometimes scared about the price won't up again.

now i know, thank you for your help to understand about whale.

which I know "whale" is a term for someone or a group with a large capital or over 1000 coins (Bitcoin), if this whale sells all their coins then the price will change drastically or the so-called "dump" and vice versa,  ::)

imagine if there are some people who have more than 1000 Bitcoin then sell its Bitcoin definitely the price will go down.

the term whale was originally made to describe one of the only 1000 people that own 40% of the bitcoin. But nowadays people have been using the word more freely to describe all big money Bitcoin players in the crypto scene.

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we are all fishes swimming in a fish bowl but whales are the huge creators they swim in the ocean.
they make waves and eats everything so try to swim with them

Whale is a specific person or some powerful organization. In the encrypted world, almost every coin is hidden in whale. They can control the rise or fall of the coin. In real time, when the market is very bad, they can also control the fluctuation of the price. Many whale are made up of miners, and sometimes they even combine media to make FUD.

Thanks for the thought I have the same question too now I know so meaning the market price can really be manipulated by them?

In some instances they can manipulate how the market would go, I think they can create a scenario of pump and dumps, and this isn't just happening on top coins. The end result is that they're getting profit while others are losing.

A whale is a greedy person that plans to in trap small people like us to a pump and dump scheme. They are all trying to manipulate the market.

A whale is a large investor with a lot of funds ranging from 2000 Bitcoins and above. He or she has the funds to manipulate the market as if he decides to invest in one coin, his funds could be able to drive the price up and if he decides to sell off, the price of the coin he invested could as well come down. That is how they manipulate the market

In usual markets, they called market maker. The person who can change the price in both ways and manipulate the market. 

In cryptoworld a whale is a manipulator of the market with an investment strength to do so, swinging either which way as per whim.

Sharks are financial investors with large numbers, probably financial institutions, businesses etc

The word whale is one of the terms used in cryptocurrency. The analogy is this, just lie the real whale, which is the biggest fish ever found in the sea, it slows up smaller fishes as well as big fishes sometimes. It is capable of engulfing any other creature into its system. So, logically reasoning, in the cryptospace, a whale buys up coins from weaker hands in the crypto community and most times they cause fear in their hearts, so as to coerce them to sell low. Some times these fears force them to sell low.
They are the ones that easily spread FUD.
They also manipulate prices by setting low volume and low prices at the top of buy orders.
They do the reverse whenever they want to sell theirs, but this this after selling, they will make the coins to dump again.

Hey. do the owners of the world. they regulate the cost of the product whatever. whether it's bitcoin or gold. It's their big game, and we're pawns in it.

A whale is someone with a large amount of funds (something funds of a specific project) who can, by sheer volume, manipulate the market by initiating pumps, or dumps.

In my opinion, whales are  exchanges. And they have become property of bankers. In their hands, exchanges are a strong and dangerous tool.

whales are people who have great assets in a coin and if he does activities such as buying or selling it will greatly affect the market, like a pump or dump.

If you look at any market, you will know that there are many different players. Some of these are called "whales". Perhaps the image in your mind about a whale is based on a cartoon character from Disney; a large, slow but lovely creature with very soft personality traits. But the reality is very different. These whales are incredibly smart hunters, sometimes hunting in flocks. Some small fish hunting whales or seals, using smart hunting tactics to carry. So when whales join digital play, you should be careful.

The collapse of bitcoin twice from 20,000 is the first sign of a great whale game. The actions of whales can not be easily predicted. They have their own game, and it will not work out after them - when everyone will sell they buy, and vice versa.
At times I'm wondering what to watch first ... for whales or for events in the crypto world?

whale is the term given to a holder of huge amount of coins. They can manipulate the market because once they sell the coin specially if large amount of it, the price will suddenly drops. If the price dropped, they can acquire more of that coin on a cheaper price. That is how the whales control the price in the market.

Investors who have a lot of money. Also, new altcoins can be manipulated due to a very small capitalization

Whale they are the one who own a lot of coins,they are the holders of a coin with a high volume thats why they are the one also can control the price of the coins.

Absolutely agree. Best example of this is John McAfee. He is manipulating too much and is displaying it publicly. Whales always thinks of himself.

The term "whale" is used to describe large holders of currency, it can be, as one person, and a whole group of people. Below I will give an example of options for manipulating the market.


    Bitcoin Whales and How They Make Market WavesThere are many trading maneuvers whales use to profit, like using a trading tactic commonly called the ’rinse and repeat cycle.’ The rinse trade is used in many types of markets and can be effective if timed correctly and very profitable if you are a bitcoin whale. The trader with a lot of holdings starts selling bitcoins lower than the market rate which at times can cause a panic sell off by small-time traders. The trick is the whale sold just below the current market value and just enough to watch panic ensue. Then the whale waits and watches the panic selling take place until the bitcoin price reaches a new low. At this point, the whales quickly scoop up way more bitcoins than they first started with and after the ‘rinse’ they usually ‘repeat’ this type of trade often. People speculate that there are many ways whales can throw their ‘BTC weight’ around to either push the price up or down to accumulate more bitcoins. Further, whales are not just individuals and can be an organization like a bitcoin investment fund as well.


    Whales in a sense don’t even have to trade their bitcoins to affect the market as they can also bluff with buy and sell walls. In cryptocurrency markets, exchanges use an order book to facilitate trades where a buyer can set up an order to buy or sell at a specified price other than the spot price. For instance, if the market drops traders will usually buy at a lower bid and sell if the price reaches a higher level. In order to place an order in the exchange’s order book, you have to legitimately own enough funds to cover the order. This means a whale and even smaller traders in many ways can bluff and make it seem like a buy or sell walls exist. However, often times large buy and sell walls disappear just before the price gets close enough because a big player was just bluffing. Nevertheless many buy and sell walls are very real and can change the odds rather quickly if they manage to liquidate someone’s assets.


    Sometimes whales don’t purchase or sell on traditional exchanges because their holdings or orders could cause a stir in the market. For cryptocurrencies over the counter trading (OTC) or “dark pools” is where big buyers and institutional traders can purchase vast amounts of bitcoins without being seen by the public eye. Dark pools are similar to OTC trading as they are usually found on exchanges that enable ‘off the record’ trades which ensures a whale’s moves are more private. Typically OTC markets and dark pools only allow traders who purchase an abundant amount of bitcoin at one time and set minimums for entry. 

thank for the wonderful explanation, I understand now and learned.

Whales is a special word for a fatcats, very rich people. I don't know what made you think that whales equal to exchanges but this is wrong

Whales in the crypto market are meant to be the only people who hold a large amount of coin, they are people with a lot of assets, they can use the coin to make that coin, dominating the bull market. variable or can be reduced a lot

Whales are Large speculators who can contribute in excess of 1000 btc and much more and they can move the market all over with their btc volume each trade have whales

Someone who has 3k+ BTC and he can dump the prices when he wants to buy or pump when he wants to sell. Most of the whales have trading bots for this as well...

Whales are holders of much quantity of any coin. They have influence over the market price of that coins. They really determine the performance or otherwise of the coins. If they want the price of the coin to dip they will dump the coin into the market creating massive supply and of course the price will fall (dip). Likewise they can create artificial scarcity by  with holding their coin from the market then there will be scarcity in the market then the price will rise.

Whale is investor who got big summ, lets say if marketcap of coin is 10m and he got 5m , he can easily manipulate price so he is whale.

i think, anyone who has 1000btc in the market can be called whale. They can dump anycoin

So everyone has told you what a whale is, now let me give you insight into two different kinds of whales:

The btc whale and corporate stooge whale.

The btc whale is the guy who got into btc in it's early days and has been mining it since forever.
They typically have amassed over 1000btc.
They are active in maintaining the network and have dabbled in other blockchain projects.
These guys are our shields against the corporate world.
They mostly have no intention of cashing out and firmly believe in crypto's future and adamantly support it.
They also push and innovate (and argue amongst themselves) which guarantees a great future for all blockchain technology.
Well, this is a huge generalization but this is the norm with this kind of whale.

The corporate stooge whale is someone or a group of individuals that collectively hold an insane amount of btc.
They use a network not unlike super pacs to pool resources together make strategic purchases, and to move the market in their favor.
One of the best examples of this is bitcoin cash.
Last fall, the lead developer on bch gathered a bunch of corporate stooges and together they managed to devalue btc while at the same time pushing bch from $400 to $1800k in just 2 days.
Since then, bch has never gone back that low.
These kinds are not your friends and only have their own interests in mind.

My understanding of a whale is that they are those persons who are wealthy enough to buy coins and dump these coins if they want to create a manipulation on the price of cryptocurrency. Mostly whales are percieve as a negative force to the crypto world.

Whales are not exchanges itself. It's a group from those people are holding more than million dollars worth of cryptocurrency. That's really wrong to say whales are the same with exchange site and it's definitely not true.
Some people are calling someone as a whale if he was having millions worth of assets in the crypto form. I think you are understand about that dude.

Whale is the guy/group who has majority of coins/tokens and decide the market value because have the advantage of volume. There are a lot of whales so market is not monopoly. Sometimes we see their fighting on orderbook. It's fun to watch. :D

100 Bitcoin is to low to become a whale. 1000 bitcoin or more are considered as a whale. Less than 1000 bitcoin to 100 bitcoin is considered as dolphin and sharks. Most are small fishes and planktons.

I read a lot of useful information for myself. I will now know. I was also interested in this question.

I thought I need to hate whale  for my lose but now I think it's my fault because I'm always fomo

Those are the big time players in the market or composing a group that holds large amount of coins/tokens. These people are responsible of putting buy and sell walls to control the price movement of altcoins. I might say that they are the heads of pump and dump groups. Those whales are also responsible of spreading fake and big news that really gives big impact to price manipulation.

Whale is people, groups that have a big amount of coins and they can control coin price, or affect coin price.

I never heard of whales, I thought that there were only bulls and bears. But judging by the name, the whales are probably big players in the market, who have their own interests.

That is a very sound and logical explanation. So now I know what a whale is by definition in the market.
When you really have the right number of resources at your disposal then you can really manipulate the market.
Given that, they have the capacity to predict how the market behaves.

Another Scam most likely. Otherwise why any sane organization to climb there where don't ask. In General, I think that they are scammers.

Whales are those who own a very large number of cryptocurrencies. These people and companies bought bitcoin and other major assets of the market or at the stages of origin, or in time picked up the trend. This term appeared because whales are the largest creatures in the ocean, and they can exceed the size of all other fish. Bitcoin whales are treated in a similar way — their large stocks can affect large schools of small traders through several successful trading techniques. In addition, the smaller the market and liquidity, the easier it is for whales to devastate small altcoins markets unlike bitcoin.

whales are another name or call for those who have large capital, and dominate the market. whales can determine the price they want. because with the capital they have, the price is on them. how to do it.? they do by raising the price to high and dropping it, to get a big profit. they can affect small traders to buy or sell. so we panicked.

Funny but make sense. That is the real meaning of whales literally and in currency. If you try to swim with them probably you have a little chance to survive if you are a small fish.

Whale is a person who own a big part of some asset and use it for manipulations , which are aimed to make a profit for himself . Imagine that you owning 20-50% of total supply of some coin . You can easily manipulate price on this coin through pump/dump exactly when you need .

Whales are people who have a large portfolio of coins! They make an artificial drop in the coins! Thereby forcing you to sell your coins to these whales at a low price! And when the price increases, you will buy from them at a high price the same coins!  But note that for a long time to keep the market at a low price, they can not! Therefore, sooner or later they stop controlling the market for a certain time!

They have a lot of money and have a reputation in the financial world, as an individual or as an organization. To guess how they do something is very hard, we can just follow the plan they have set and wait for their next move.

whale means an investor who has a huge amount of money in investments. Suppose A coin has 20 million total supply. And just in only one person buy the coin alone about 1-2 million coins. Then the person can easily pump the coin by creating buy order, And easily can dump the coin by creating huge sell order, So these type of investor easily can play a pump dump game with any coin.

they have plenty of ammunition to attack the market until prices are down.
whether this is called capitalist economy. he is powerful and monopolizes the marketplace as he wishes.

Whale is someone that is either well known in the crypto economy( in a good way), or someone who owns tons of cash compared to the market they are trading in( if you trade in BTC/USD market with 500 btc, you are not a whale, but if you are trading in LTC/BTC market with 500btc, you are a whale because you have the ability to move the price ).
Whales usually manipulates prices with fake buy and sell orders, they place the order, people think that there is no way that this wall will be broken and they just buy over them/ sell lower then them, and that's how they affect the market.

Whales are group/people who have a huge amount of  investment that can affect the a particular coin when they move, buy/sell.

Whale is a cannibalistic fish...
 ;D ;D ;D

Whales are powerful investors that have a big impact. They have so much money in cryptocurrencies that they can alternate the market.  They are probably the innovators and very early adopters of bitcoin and few altcoins. 
An individual is considered a whale when he is powerful enough to change the value of a coin in a colossal amount. When you see an extreme and sudden jump on the chart of your coin, it is for sure that there are one or more whales together influencing the value.
They are the alpha and omega of the crypto market price.

Suppose today you decide to launch your own coin. What would you do? Launch its ICO. You would decide on the number of coins that will be supplied and the number of coins that you would keep to yourself. Now suppose that you decided to give 100 coins, and out of those you kept 80 for yourself, and the remaining 20 were distributed to public. Now when the coins would be sold out and there would be demand for more, it would create a supply/demand gap. Since you would be the majority stakeholder, you would decided when to release coin and when to increase the price by not supplying coins. So, manipulating the entire market would be in your hands.
Here, you are the whale! I hope it was easy for you to understand this.

Whales are people with big money and the ability to manipulate the market. It's pretty simple, they have a lot of money to buy coins, well, sales.

Whales are the ones who are holding a lot of a specified cryptocurrency such as bitcoins or any other altcoins. These whales play a great factor in the pump or dump of the coin values. Once a whale invests its funds to a coin, people may tend to recognize it that the price is pumping then buy for themselves  because of the trades. Eventually the whale will take advantage of the price pump and them dump them.

whales in the crypto world are great people who have great assets in the crypto world. they can manipulate and control the rise and fall of coins.

whale is the man who can liquidate your funds and you will get out of crypto. that's why use stop losses

Big investors are called whales.

Whales are those who have a large amount of some asset (a coin or a token) and can manipulate its price. Sometimes whales play like bears, sometimes as bulls. In order not to let yourself be beaten, never focus on temporary price changes in the market, always look at the long-term trend.

thank you so much sir

Whales are big investors, but it depend on which coins they invest. Example they invest in a coin which daily volumn is 0.1 btc, so they need only 2-5 btc to be whale. They can control the market with their money, pushing buy orders, sell orders...

Whale are term they use to a big investors who are able to buy big supply of Bitcoins or altcoins. They can give big effect or even make the cryto supplys shake because of them buying or selling large amount of cryptos they are holding.

whale is normally 100 bitcoin holder or higher. with those bitcoin some coins they can handle.  they can move the prices to moon and suddenly can down the prices,

as an example if they put 100 bitcoin in to low cap coin surely that coin value increases then most investors invest on that , so price is skyrocket. if they withdraw the funds surly those coin value decreased suddenly. thats market manipulation.

They are people that use a large money to control market. Example, They will buy a coin with a large amount to pump its price raise and wait investors pump money on and then, they will sell all make the price go down immediately

Whales in the context of cryptocurrency are the investors that have the largesse in bitcoin and can influence what happens in crypto market

You can say any group of even individual who holds a lot amount of BTC in their wallets, they can effect the market by draining funds like when they decided to sell all their BTC then all money on the market will be theirs, and if money on the market is low then diffinitly other coin value will dead drop, that's how they can affect the crypto.

1. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1092305.0) Who is a Bitcoin whale?

2. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3216023.0) Are the whales getting out of Bitcoin

3. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2201936.0) The Whales are accumulating..

4. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1279824.0) how to follow whales?

5. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1972185.0) Dealing with whales/walls

Just a minute of Google search will return a lot of similar thread in the forum. I think you can find the answers on the thread that I have mentioned above.