Open
$102,260
Close
$106,144
Return
+3.80%
Net Flow
+513 BTC
Volume
45,941 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.02

Summary

January 21, 2025: Bitcoin climbed +3.8%. The 513 BTC of net buying flow at $106,144 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for January 21, 2025

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

28 bars of outsized trades (peak 5.8σ) appeared between 00:22–23:07 UTC, with whale flow netting 598 BTC of selling.

Most of the action happened during US hours, which accounted for 61% of the day's net flow (496 BTC buying). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 21, 2025

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

Breaking it down by session: Asia -0.26%, Europe +2.42%, US +1.61%. Europe stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.26% 170 BTC 21%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.42% -153 BTC 19%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.61% 496 BTC 61%
Buy vs sell volume for January 21, 2025

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

Regime Context

Day 1 of a fresh bull regime. The market had just flipped from chop, and the new character was still establishing itself.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated regime-start

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