Open
$67,859
Close
$70,906
Return
+4.49%
Net Flow
+947 BTC
Volume
28,335 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.07

Summary

March 23, 2026: Bitcoin climbed +4.5%. The 947 BTC of net buying flow at $70,906 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for March 23, 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

26 bars of outsized trades (peak 14.4σ) appeared between 01:59–23:50 UTC, with whale flow netting 12 BTC of selling.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.88 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 23, 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

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.70%, Europe +4.61%, US -0.80%. Europe stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.70% 673 BTC 42%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 4.61% 596 BTC 37%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.80% -322 BTC 20%
Buy vs sell volume for March 23, 2026

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

Regime Context

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

Patterns: chop whale-activity regime-end

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