Open
$88,621
Close
$87,486
Return
-1.28%
Net Flow
-1,147 BTC
Volume
13,910 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.85

Summary

Bitcoin gave back 1.28% on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, closing at $87,486 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,147 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for December 23, 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

The big players were active all day. 29 bars of outsized trades (16.4σ peak) from 00:11–22:35 UTC, adding 144 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

This was day 4 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 23, 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

US traders set the tone. 80% of directional flow — 917 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -1.18%, Europe +0.05%, US -0.15%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.18% -146 BTC 13%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.05% -84 BTC 7%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.15% -917 BTC 80%
Buy vs sell volume for December 23, 2025

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a chop regime. The -1.28% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.

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

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