this is madness
We all already knew Finex was backed by fraud and just about any Chinese monetary instrument is fraud^2. One of the exchange owners is probably naked long by millions of dollars while the other is naked short millions of dollars.
In order to have whales battling it out, they do not necessarily need to be engaging in insider trading - even though that is possible, it is not a necessary condition in order to have sets of whales battling it out and sets of whales believing in the opposite direction..
In the end, which direction is going to win, or will we just end up consolidating for a little while until one side or another can gather some more ammunition?
That's bullshit.
You are attempting to conflate issues.
We are talking about trading and differences of opinions about price.
This matter is likely to resolve within a small range (5-15%)... Sure we could get a correction that moves us in larger amounts (such as 15% to 50%), especially if you throw in a bit of FUD and/or FOMO.. but the fact of the matter is that the larger the degree of variance from our present price point, the large amount of ammunition that needs to be thrown at the situation in order to cause the desired direction - whether that comes from whales or whether that comes from the masses jumping on board to contribute to the resolution direction.