Open
$69,167
Close
$67,970
Return
-1.73%
Net Flow
-931 BTC
Volume
40,513 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.96

Summary

Bitcoin slipped 1.73% on Thursday, May 23, 2024, closing at $67,970 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 931 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for May 23, 2024

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: 26 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.7σ) between 00:31–23:44 UTC. Whale flow netted 7 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.87 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for May 23, 2024

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

Europe traders set the tone. 70% of directional flow — 651 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +0.82%, Europe -2.43%, US -0.10%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.82% -130 BTC 14%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.43% -651 BTC 70%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.10% -149 BTC 16%
Buy vs sell volume for May 23, 2024

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a bull regime. The -1.73% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

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

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