Open
$19,813
Close
$20,050
Return
+1.20%
Net Flow
+4,002 BTC
Volume
276,947 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Bitcoin ground out a +1.20% gain to $20,050. Net flow: +4,002 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for August 31, 2022

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 buying throughout the day. 27 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 11.5σ), spread across 01:20–22:01 UTC. The 513 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 31, 2022

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 Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 65% of the net flow (2,601 BTC buying).

Across sessions: Asia +2.25%, Europe +0.24%, US -1.26% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 2.25% 2601 BTC 65%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.24% 325 BTC 8%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.26% 1077 BTC 27%
Buy vs sell volume for August 31, 2022

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

Regime Context

With +4,002 BTC of net flow (+1.5σ), buying pressure ran above the bear-regime baseline of -1,189 BTC.

Patterns: bear whale-activity asia-dominated

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