Open
$87,237
Close
$88,485
Return
+1.43%
Net Flow
+17 BTC
Volume
13,106 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.00

Summary

Bitcoin ground out a +1.43% gain on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, closing at $88,485 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 17 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for December 30, 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: 32 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 10.1σ) between 00:58–23:55 UTC. Whale flow netted 77 BTC of selling.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-118 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+135 BTC) in the back half.

Day 3 of unbroken net buying. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 30, 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 +0.30%, Europe +0.69%, US +0.43%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.30% -73 BTC 25%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.69% 153 BTC 53%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.43% -63 BTC 22%
Buy vs sell volume for December 30, 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 chop-regime day. The +1.43% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal flow-streak

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