Open
$111,696
Close
$107,318
Return
-3.92%
Net Flow
-3,119 BTC
Volume
31,738 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.82

Summary

Bitcoin fell 3.9% on Friday, May 23, 2025, closing at $107,318 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 3,119 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for May 23, 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

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 32 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.6σ), spread across 00:16–23:22 UTC. The 531 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.91 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, 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

Europe traders set the tone. 67% of directional flow — 2,076 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.88%, Europe -0.98%, US -2.11%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.88% -450 BTC 14%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.98% -2076 BTC 67%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.11% -593 BTC 19%
Buy vs sell volume for May 23, 2025

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

Regime Context

With -3,119 BTC of net flow (-1.8σ), selling pressure ran above the bull-regime baseline of -386 BTC.

Patterns: bull whale-activity europe-dominated

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