Open
$39,457
Close
$40,020
Return
+1.43%
Net Flow
-3,306 BTC
Volume
101,345 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

July 28, 2021: Bitcoin ground out a +1.43% gain. The 3,306 BTC of net selling flow at $40,020 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for July 28, 2021

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

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 17 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.3σ), spread across 00:30–16:43 UTC. The 409 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 28, 2021

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 +1.11%, Europe -0.62%, US +0.93%. Asia stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.11% -438 BTC 13%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.62% -1769 BTC 54%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.93% -1099 BTC 33%
Buy vs sell volume for July 28, 2021

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

Regime Context

This was near the start of a bull regime (day 2), with the bear regime barely in the rearview mirror.

With -3,306 BTC of net flow (-1.9σ), selling pressure ran above the bull-regime baseline of -386 BTC.

Patterns: bull whale-activity regime-start

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