AIN · Daily move · 2026-10-27
Why did Infinity Ground go up 122.7% on October 27, 2026?
AIN's move can't be compared with Bitcoin's yet; the figures below describe the move, not its cause. This is AIN's largest 24-hour rise in 29 days. No AIN report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved.
A prior report linked AIN’s surge to a buyback, while market data show conditions that could have amplified the rise. The report predates this move, so its role is uncertain.
May have added to the movePossible
Perpetual-market open interest rose over Oct 27, 00:00–Oct 28, 00:00 UTC, and short liquidations exceeded long liquidations over Oct 27, 01:00–Oct 28, 01:00 UTC. Forced short closures could have amplified the rise, but do not explain what started it.
What is not shown
Open interest does not reveal trade direction, and the wider-market liquidation figure has no intraday timing; neither shows liquidations preceded the rise.
Weaker possibilities: A report published Oct 26, 20:38 UTC said a $3 million buyback supported AIN. (Infinity Ground (AIN) Surges 248.16% to 0.14038 USDT as a $3 Million Buyback Supports the Token Remediation Plan)
What is still unknown
What, if anything, initiated the rise during the measured window remains unknown.
Looked at the 24 hours to Oct 28, 2026, 01:36 UTC
- Day open / close
- $0.07101 → $0.15924 hourly candles, Gate · USDT
- Day range
- $0.06111 – $0.16857175.8% from low to high
- Versus the past month
- Its largest 24h rise in 29 days+122.69% in the 24 hours to Oct 28, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 28.5× a typical day (4.3%).
- 30-day range
- 5.7% below the high · 651.4% above the lowFrom hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins
- 1 of 26 others also rose 40.9% or more1 fell that much
- 24h volume
- 43.8×of its prior 30-day daily average
Computed from Gate · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 28, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Methods →
AIN timeline around October 27, 2026
Largest closed hourly move: +28.83%, Oct 27, 2026, 07:00–08:00 (UTC).
8 sharp price swings were flagged; the largest was +15.18% in 1 hour at Oct 27, 2026, 18:23 UTC.
How often has this happened before?
Since 2025-07-05, AIN has risen 50% or more in a UTC day 6 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once.
Episodes: 2026-10-26, 2026-10-03, 2026-09-14, 2026-04-11, 2026-03-10, 2025-07-08 (UTC)
One venue’s daily closes, before costs; the coin’s own survived history, so it says nothing about coins that no longer trade. Past episodes are not a forecast.