Why should I, as a retail investor, invest in crypto, knowing how whales manipulate the market?

The whales are mass liquidating while the crooks tell you this is a good time to buy on X. Then, after that, they will buy it cheap and go again for another ride. This is also well-coordinated with the bad news about tariffs; these crooks know how to play the game so well when there is less regulation!

This strategy only works if two conditions are met: retail investors must hold their investments, and they must buy after the whales pump it again. But here's a major problem: At some point, retail fatigue will set in and it's gonna be hard to regain their trust. This whole up-and-down, infinity glitch won't work forever without smart regulation.

So now the question is, why would I invest in crypto? It has no physical utility and people don't want to buy things with it. So they just hold in the hope that it will go up. Nothing make sense.

Here's another one, what is the point of decentralization if banks and whales are controlling Bitcoin? The thing that once was the main selling point of Bitcoin, is now turning against it, due to the lack of regulation.

Without new rules, this seems doomed to me.