Open
$24,844
Close
$24,452
Return
-1.58%
Net Flow
-1,942 BTC
Volume
376,001 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

Bitcoin drifted lower (-1.58%) on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, closing at $24,452 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,942 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for February 21, 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

11 bars of outsized trades (peak 6.0σ) appeared between 02:08–20:20 UTC, with whale flow netting 224 BTC of buying.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.95). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for February 21, 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

Session returns: Asia +0.63%, Europe -1.72%, US -0.48%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.63% 764 BTC 22%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.72% -2053 BTC 59%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.48% -653 BTC 19%
Buy vs sell volume for February 21, 2023

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

Regime Context

Unusually heavy volume at 376,001 BTC — +3.9σ above the bull-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.

Patterns: bull whale-activity volume-spike

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