So we're calling whales, sharks now?
The cryptocurrency markets has always been volatile and will continue to stay that way probably until we get a decent rate of global adoption. Though I really don't know how it has been "increasingly difficult" for investors, as in my opinion it's actually a very good time to get in to the markets due to the prices being currently significantly lower than the prices a few months ago.
4 years ago. average joe could buy $10 of bitcoin without any KYC registration headaches.
now its lots more paperwork, and risks of funds being frozen at a moments notice under fake AML restrictions as soon as people try to move large amounts and cash out.
(the funny part is that money businesses are not suppose to freeze funds movements without a court order. and not even allowed to tell the customer they are under investigation)
as for the sharks vs whales.
whales gobble up huge orders in one go. those days are becoming rare. and also the liquidity of the markets and the volumes of the markets are shrinking too. so now its more so sharks running the exchange movements. by taking little bites very often via bots to move the markets.
we are no longer in the days of mtgox where seeing 2000 bitcoins move in seconds happens due to one whale . now most order lines are under 1btc each and have many bots all biting at the orders like a school of sharks
smart traders have learned, its no longer entertaining to hold 1btc for a year and hope the fiat value doubles.. instead they hope to make 1btc into 1.01 every 3 days so that at the end of the year they have 2btc+ and that 2btc also has the hope of being worth even more due to the fiat change they would have waited for anyway.. thus quadrupling their funds.
so we are no longer in the whale domain of waiting for 400%-1000% whale spikes. but instead we are in the weekly 1-10% shark bites domain
