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title: "Why did Lighter drop 8.1% on October 29, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/lighter/2026-10-29"
date: 2026-10-29
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# Why did Lighter drop 8.1% on October 29, 2026?

On October 29, 2026 (UTC), LIT went from about $2.94 to $2.70 (-8.06%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $2.70 and $3.35. LIT largely moved with the market. LIT fell further than this on 2 of the past 29 days. No LIT report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved.

- Day open / close: $2.94 → $2.70 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT)
- Day range: $2.70 – $3.35
- Versus Bitcoin: -8.06% / BTC -4.11%; 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC; the headline uses the live price. About -0.5 points of the move is its own after allowing for Bitcoin
- Versus the past month: 2 of the past 29 days fell further; -8.06% in the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 2.0× a typical day (4.0%).
- 30-day range: 34.7% below the high · 0.1% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins: 11 of 11 others also fell 2.7% or more
- 24h volume: 3.5×; of its prior 30-day daily average

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC.

## LIT timeline around October 29, 2026

Largest closed hourly move: +8.45%, Oct 29, 2026, 12:00–13:00 (UTC).


Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move.

## Same-day movers · 2026-10-29 (UTC)

- [Quack AI (Q) -29.02%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/quack-ai/2026-10-29>)
- [Pons (PONS) -21.29%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/pons/2026-10-29>)
- [Ethena (ENA) -16.29%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/ethena/2026-10-29>)
- [NEAR Protocol (NEAR) -14.24%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/near/2026-10-29>)
- [Raydium (RAY) -12.52%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/raydium/2026-10-29>)

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