Open
$50,589
Close
$50,471
Return
-0.23%
Net Flow
-2,172 BTC
Volume
38,426 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.89

Summary

On Wednesday, December 08, 2021, Bitcoin traded flat to $50,471. Net flow: -2,172 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for December 08, 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

26 bars of outsized trades (peak 6.6σ) appeared between 00:56–19:00 UTC, with whale flow netting 40 BTC of buying.

Day 10 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 08, 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

Strip out Europe and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 68% of the net flow (1,470 BTC selling).

Across sessions: Asia -0.21%, Europe -2.84%, US +2.90% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.21% -297 BTC 14%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.84% -1470 BTC 68%
US 14:00 - 00:00 2.90% -405 BTC 19%
Buy vs sell volume for December 08, 2021

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were bear — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.23% return against a regime average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity europe-dominated flow-streak

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