Open
$23,074
Close
$23,023
Return
-0.22%
Net Flow
-392 BTC
Volume
148,116 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

On Saturday, January 28, 2023, Bitcoin traded flat to $23,023. Net flow: -392 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 28, 2023

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

Large-player activity detected: 21 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.3σ) between 00:25–20:24 UTC. Whale flow netted 280 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 8 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 28, 2023

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 78% of the net flow (546 BTC selling).

No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.36%, Europe -0.09%, US +0.23%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.36% 15 BTC 2%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.09% -546 BTC 78%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.23% 139 BTC 20%
Buy vs sell volume for January 28, 2023

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 bull — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.22% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

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

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