Open
$78,739
Close
$75,770
Return
-3.77%
Net Flow
-4,510 BTC
Volume
39,120 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.79

Summary

Bitcoin fell 3.8% on Tuesday, February 03, 2026, closing at $75,770 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 4,510 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for February 03, 2026

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

The big players were active all day. 41 bars of outsized trades (8.1σ peak) from 00:41–22:42 UTC, adding 3,250 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.85 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 February 03, 2026

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

US traders set the tone. 95% of directional flow — 4,292 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +0.07%, Europe -0.62%, US -3.24%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.07% -181 BTC 4%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.62% -38 BTC 1%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -3.24% -4292 BTC 95%
Buy vs sell volume for February 03, 2026

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

Regime Context

With -4,510 BTC of net flow (-1.7σ), selling pressure ran above the bear-regime baseline of -1,189 BTC.

Patterns: bear whale-activity us-dominated

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