I understand now the cryptocurrency market is still tiny in comparison with others like stock, gold, forex, etc. and there's always manipulation in certain forms. Sharks and whales are typical and familiar words to us.
We the traders have to accept and adapt to the reality. When crypto market gets big enough, if ever, it will become more stable and therefore much harder to manipulate. But then, I'm afraid that we'll find less opportunity, inspiration, and fun to trade in it. People are usually more eager to follow something new, right?
Market volatility is the consequence of relatively small volume and small total crypto market cap (relative to traditional markets). When you add to the mix little or no regulation at all, you have a nice playground for whales. However, we small fishes can also make a nice profit by being careful and taking the opportunities that are presented to us. In order to minimize the risk of trading all of us should be aware of different market manipulation methods and that is why created the OP and hopefully managed to imprint some market manipulation knowledge to few newbie traders.
I thought about posting this to economics section but decided it could do more good here.