Open
$70,511
Close
$68,918
Return
-2.26%
Net Flow
-638 BTC
Volume
13,397 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.91

Summary

On Saturday, March 21, 2026, Bitcoin sold off -2.3% to $68,918. Net flow: -638 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for March 21, 2026

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. 62 bars of outsized trades (12.8σ peak) from 00:26–23:44 UTC, adding 157 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 21, 2026

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 77% of the net flow (646 BTC selling).

Across sessions: Asia +0.31%, Europe +0.02%, US -2.58% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.31% 99 BTC 12%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.02% -91 BTC 11%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.58% -646 BTC 77%
Buy vs sell volume for March 21, 2026

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

Regime Context

In retrospect, the chop regime was ending. BULL conditions were 3 day(s) away.

The selling streak extended to 3 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

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

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