--- title: "Why did Avalanche drop 0.7% on October 25, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/avalanche-2/2026-10-25" date: 2026-10-25 --- # Why did Avalanche drop 0.7% on October 25, 2026? On October 25, 2026 (UTC), AVAX went from about $8.99 to $8.93 (-0.69%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $8.74 and $9.03. For the closed-hour 24h window: AVAX is within a usual day's range. AVAX fell further than this on 14 of the past 29 days. Avalanche moved down alongside most other tracked coins, and the move is within its usual range for a day. Trading volume was below usual. No recent report about the coin explains the move, so the cause is unresolved. - Day open / close: $8.99 → $8.93 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $8.74 – $9.03 - Versus the past month: 14 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -0.69%, 0.3× its prior 30-day median of 2.4%. - 30-day range: 25.6% below the high · 3.0% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 10 of 13 moved the same way; 3 moved the other way - 24h volume: 0.2×; of its prior 30-day daily average - Perpetual swap: funding positive · open interest flat; OKX perpetual swap AVAX-USDT-SWAP Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 26/10/2026, 00:00 UTC. ## Still open - Whether any project or exchange statement about Avalanche explains the day's move; an official statement or exchange notice would settle it. - Whether any on-chain activity around Avalanche accompanied the move; on-chain data would settle it. Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-25 (UTC) - [Quantus (QTC) +21.68%]() - [Quant (QNT) +6.11%]() - [Pepe (PEPE) -5.06%]() - [Pi Network (PI) -2.33%]() - [Stellar (XLM) -1.94%]() [Avalanche (AVAX) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()