Bitcoin moves less on Saturdays and Sundays.
Across 3,346 days, Bitcoin's typical weekend day moved 58% as much as a typical weekday (median absolute move 0.98% vs 1.69%). With this many days, that gap is far beyond luck (z = -10.8). Quieter is not safer, though: some of the biggest moves still happened on weekends.
| Day (UTC) | Average return | Up days | Typical move | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | +0.41% | 51% | 1.87% | 478 |
| Tuesday | -0.01% | 49% | 1.69% | 478 |
| Wednesday | +0.40% | 52% | 1.63% | 478 |
| Thursday | -0.23% | 46% | 1.75% | 478 |
| Friday | +0.26% | 52% | 1.53% | 478 |
| Saturday | +0.14% | 56% | 0.71% | 478 |
| Sunday | +0.07% | 52% | 1.25% | 478 |
How this was checked. Close-to-close daily returns by UTC weekday. Typical move = median absolute daily return; the z-score compares weekend and weekday absolute moves.
Recomputed nightly from Binance daily closes. History describes the past; it is not a forecast or advice.