Open
$23,060
Close
$23,010
Return
-0.22%
Net Flow
-2,554 BTC
Volume
288,924 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.98

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $23,010 on January 26, 2023 after went nowhere. Aggressor-side flow netted -2,554 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for January 26, 2023

BTC price (blue) and trading volume (cyan bars) per minute. Session shading: Asia (gold 00-08 UTC), Europe (green 08-14), US (red 14-00).

Flow Analysis

The big players were active all day. 11 bars of outsized trades (5.7σ peak) from 00:38–21:28 UTC, adding 744 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

This was day 6 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 26, 2023

Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.

Session Breakdown

The Europe session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.41%, Europe +0.71%, US -0.51%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.41% -1038 BTC 41%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.71% -757 BTC 30%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.51% -759 BTC 30%
Buy vs sell volume for January 26, 2023

Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.

Regime Context

With -2,554 BTC of net flow (-1.5σ), selling pressure ran above the bull-regime baseline of -386 BTC.

Unusually heavy volume at 288,924 BTC — +2.8σ above the bull-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.

Patterns: bull whale-activity volume-spike flow-streak

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