Open
$69,436
Close
$68,398
Return
-1.49%
Net Flow
-1,537 BTC
Volume
32,623 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.91

Summary

On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Bitcoin slipped 1.49% to $68,398. Net flow: -1,537 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for May 28, 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

26 bars of outsized trades (peak 8.1σ) appeared between 00:42–19:10 UTC, with whale flow netting 55 BTC of buying.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.83 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 28, 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

Strip out Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 87% of the net flow (1,813 BTC selling).

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-1,562 BTC), buyers dominated late (+26 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia -2.51%, Europe +0.14%, US +0.89% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -2.51% -1813 BTC 87%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.14% 112 BTC 5%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.89% 164 BTC 8%
Buy vs sell volume for May 28, 2024

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a bull-regime day. The -1.49% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal asia-dominated

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