So I decided to make a thread where we list some of their identities and activities.
According to bloomberg, end 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-08/the-bitcoin-whales-1-000-people-who-own-40-percent-of-the-market
1000 people own more than 40% of the market
Assuming the percentage is still correct with the current bitcoin(almost 17,400,000 BTC according to https://www.blockchain.com/charts/total-bitcoins)
They own alone 6,960,000 BTC an equivalent in USD of $38,224,320,000 at the current price of $5.492 per BTC
Which is almost equivalent to the net balance of goods and earnings of Russia in 2017
The question comes automatically, do you know any whale? Are they on this forum too? How did they became rich?
I suspect that behind some of those giving signals there are actual whales but is mere speculation