Open
$92,792
Close
$93,576
Return
+0.84%
Net Flow
-236 BTC
Volume
19,612 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.98

Summary

Bitcoin edged higher (+0.84%) on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, closing at $93,576 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 236 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for December 31, 2024

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

23 bars of outsized trades (peak 10.8σ) appeared between 00:12–22:02 UTC, with whale flow netting 214 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 31, 2024

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

US traders set the tone. 62% of directional flow — 625 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +0.07%, Europe +2.94%, US -2.10%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.07% 54 BTC 5%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.94% 335 BTC 33%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.10% -625 BTC 62%
Buy vs sell volume for December 31, 2024

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a chop-regime day. The +0.84% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity us-dominated flow-streak

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