Open
$23,184
Close
$23,157
Return
-0.12%
Net Flow
-2,432 BTC
Volume
191,312 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.97

Summary

February 25, 2023: Bitcoin finished near unchanged (-0.12%). The 2,432 BTC of net selling flow at $23,157 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for February 25, 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 selling throughout the day. 15 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.8σ), spread across 00:55–20:45 UTC. The 903 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for February 25, 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

Most of the action happened during Europe hours, which accounted for 64% of the day's net flow (1,562 BTC selling). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Breaking it down by session: Asia -0.29%, Europe -0.49%, US +0.67%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.29% -178 BTC 7%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.49% -1562 BTC 64%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.67% -691 BTC 28%
Buy vs sell volume for February 25, 2023

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

Regime Context

Among the final days of this bull period. Within 3 day(s), the market would flip to chop.

The selling streak extended to 5 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

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

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