Open
$104,747
Close
$102,620
Return
-2.03%
Net Flow
-528 BTC
Volume
9,813 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.90

Summary

On Sunday, January 26, 2025, Bitcoin sold off -2.0% to $102,620. Net flow: -528 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 26, 2025

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

Large-player activity detected: 25 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 5.9σ) between 00:14–19:50 UTC. Whale flow netted 180 BTC of buying.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.91). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 26, 2025

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

Strip out US and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 74% of the net flow (808 BTC selling).

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Buyers led early (+89 BTC), sellers dominated late (-618 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +0.24%, Europe -0.03%, US -2.23% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.24% 168 BTC 15%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.03% 112 BTC 10%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.23% -808 BTC 74%
Buy vs sell volume for January 26, 2025

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 bull-regime day. The -2.03% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated

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