Open
$22,827
Close
$23,125
Return
+1.30%
Net Flow
+1,407 BTC
Volume
264,649 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

January 31, 2023: Bitcoin edged higher (+1.30%). The 1,407 BTC of net buying flow at $23,125 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for January 31, 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

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 13 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 4.7σ), spread across 00:11–21:18 UTC. The 339 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Most of the action happened during US hours, which accounted for 81% of the day's net flow (1,353 BTC buying). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 31, 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

A tale of two halves — sellers pushed 459 BTC through the morning, then buyers flipped the script with 1,866 BTC in the afternoon.

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.66%, Europe +0.65%, US -0.01%. Asia stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.66% -129 BTC 8%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.65% 183 BTC 11%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.01% 1353 BTC 81%
Buy vs sell volume for January 31, 2023

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

Regime Context

Unusually heavy volume at 264,649 BTC — +2.5σ above the bull-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated volume-spike

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