Open
$107,782
Close
$105,590
Return
-2.03%
Net Flow
-920 BTC
Volume
19,835 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.91

Summary

Bitcoin lost 2.0% on Thursday, May 29, 2025, closing at $105,590 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 920 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for May 29, 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

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 24 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 12.8σ), spread across 00:10–16:42 UTC. The 248 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Net selling for 5 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.85). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for May 29, 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

Session returns: Asia +0.09%, Europe -0.26%, US -1.87%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.09% -254 BTC 28%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.26% -201 BTC 22%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.87% -465 BTC 51%
Buy vs sell volume for May 29, 2025

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

Regime Context

The bull regime was running out of road — 1 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: bull whale-activity regime-end flow-streak

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