Open
$43,862
Close
$43,969
Return
+0.24%
Net Flow
-685 BTC
Volume
32,783 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.96

Summary

December 22, 2023: Bitcoin finished near unchanged (+0.24%). The 685 BTC of net selling flow at $43,969 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for December 22, 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

18 bars of outsized trades (peak 8.8σ) appeared between 00:52–20:57 UTC, with whale flow netting 125 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 6 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 22, 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

Most of the action happened during Europe hours, which accounted for 76% of the day's net flow (740 BTC selling). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Breaking it down by session: Asia -0.63%, Europe +0.25%, US +0.63%. Asia stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.63% 146 BTC 15%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.25% -740 BTC 76%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.63% -90 BTC 9%
Buy vs sell volume for December 22, 2023

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were bull — and this day didn't deviate. A +0.24% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity europe-dominated flow-streak

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