Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 8,659,545 trades
January 14, 2023: Bitcoin exploded +5.1% higher. The 1,721 BTC of net buying flow at $20,955 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.
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).
A brief flash of large-player activity at 00:25 UTC — trade sizes spiked to 4.5σ above normal, net buying.
Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.
Most of the action happened during Asia hours, which accounted for 81% of the day's net flow (2,099 BTC buying). The rest of the day was a footnote.
Breaking it down by session: Asia +4.85%, Europe +0.21%, US +0.07%. Asia stood out.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 4.85% | 2099 BTC | 81% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.21% | -431 BTC | 17% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.07% | 53 BTC | 2% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Day 2 of a fresh bull regime. The market had just flipped from chop, and the new character was still establishing itself.
Unusually heavy volume at 393,914 BTC — +4.1σ above the bull-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.
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