Open
$71,337
Close
$68,820
Return
-3.53%
Net Flow
-588 BTC
Volume
20,820 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.95

Summary

March 26, 2026: Bitcoin sold off -3.5%. The 588 BTC of net selling flow at $68,820 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for March 26, 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

28 bars of outsized trades (peak 8.8σ) appeared between 00:12–23:59 UTC, with whale flow netting 331 BTC of buying.

Most of the action happened during US hours, which accounted for 87% of the day's net flow (513 BTC selling). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.88). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 26, 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 -1.75%, Europe -0.63%, US -1.19%. Asia stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.75% -74 BTC 13%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.63% -1 BTC 0%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.19% -513 BTC 87%
Buy vs sell volume for March 26, 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 market was 2 day(s) into a new bull regime, having transitioned from chop. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

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

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated regime-start regime-end flow-streak

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