Open
$97,030
Close
$103,262
Return
+6.42%
Net Flow
+2,132 BTC
Volume
34,962 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.13

Summary

On Thursday, May 08, 2025, Bitcoin exploded +6.4% higher to $103,262. Net flow: +2,132 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for May 08, 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

Large-player activity detected: 31 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 10.3σ) between 00:10–23:52 UTC. Whale flow netted 383 BTC of selling.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.92 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for May 08, 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

Across sessions: Asia +2.29%, Europe +0.04%, US +4.00% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 2.29% 824 BTC 31%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.04% -277 BTC 10%
US 14:00 - 00:00 4.00% 1585 BTC 59%
Buy vs sell volume for May 08, 2025

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

Regime Context

A statistical outlier: +6.42% return sits at +2.2σ from the bull-regime average of +0.34%. Days like this are rare within this regime.

Patterns: bull whale-activity outlier-return

Related Days

Days with similar flow patterns and market conditions.

Apr 13, 2021BULL
+6.21%
whale-activity flow-reversal europe-dominated outlier-return
Jul 27, 2021BULL
+5.95%
whale-activity us-dominated outlier-return regime-start high-volatility flow-streak
Aug 13, 2021BULL
+7.66%
whale-activity outlier-return high-volatility
Oct 15, 2021BULL
+7.54%
extreme-flow whale-activity outlier-return high-volatility flow-streak
Oct 21, 2021BULL
-5.77%
extreme-flow whale-activity us-dominated outlier-return

Explore this day's minute-level flow data interactively on the dashboard.

Open Dashboard