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title: "Why did Bitcoin drop 0.9% on October 25, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/bitcoin/2026-10-25"
date: 2026-10-25
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# Why did Bitcoin drop 0.9% on October 25, 2026?

On October 25, 2026 (UTC), BTC went from about $80,887.50 to $80,154.60 (-0.91%) on Gate · USDT, trading between $79,851.40 and $81,029.00. For the closed-hour 24h window: BTC is within a usual day's range. BTC fell further than this on 6 of the past 29 days. No BTC report was published here that day; the cause is unresolved.

- Day open / close: $80,887.50 → $80,154.60 (24 hourly candles, Gate · USDT)
- Day range: $79,851.40 – $81,029.00
- Versus the past month: 6 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -0.91%, 1.1× its prior 30-day median of 0.8%.
- 30-day range: 8.1% below the high · 1.2% 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: 0.5×; of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap: funding positive · open interest flat; OKX perpetual swap BTC-USDT-SWAP

Computed from Gate · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 26/10/2026, 00:00 UTC.

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%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/quantus/2026-10-25>)
- [Quant (QNT) +6.11%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/quant-network/2026-10-25>)
- [Pepe (PEPE) -5.06%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/pepe/2026-10-25>)
- [Pi Network (PI) -2.33%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/pi-network/2026-10-25>)
- [Stellar (XLM) -1.94%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/stellar/2026-10-25>)

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