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title: "Why did Lisk go up 19.2% on October 31, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/lisk/2026-10-31"
date: 2026-10-31
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# Why did Lisk go up 19.2% on October 31, 2026?

No news or market data found so far explains this rise. The move appears coin-specific rather than part of a broad market rise. On October 31, 2026 (UTC), LSK went from about $0.20441 to $0.244 (+19.22%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $0.20408 and $0.31871. There is not enough price history yet to tell how much of LSK's move followed Bitcoin; the figures below describe the move, not its cause. This is LSK's largest 24-hour rise in 29 days. No LSK report was collected from the day before to the day after; the analysis below weighs older evidence. Since 2017-12-20, LSK has risen 15% or more in a UTC day 38 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once. Seven days later it was higher in 15 of 38 cases, with a median change of -1.56%. This is history, not a forecast.

## What may be driving the move

No news or market data found so far explains this rise. The move appears coin-specific rather than part of a broad market rise.

- amplifier · medium: Negative funding, increased open interest and short liquidations are consistent with derivatives positioning potentially amplifying upward price pressure. Funding was -0.1863% per four hours at Nov 1, 00:04 UTC; the largest reported short liquidations were during the hour starting Oct 31, 11:00 UTC.
  Evidence gap: These figures cover one venue and do not establish who was positioned which way, whether liquidations followed or amplified the rise, or what initiated it.
  Sources: [S1](<https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/futures/usdt/contract_stats?contract=LSK_USDT&interval=1h&limit=50>), [S3](<https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/futures/usdt/contract_stats?contract=LSK_USDT&interval=1h&limit=50>), [S4](<https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/futures/usdt/contracts/LSK_USDT>), [S5](<https://api.gateio.ws/api/v4/futures/usdt/funding_rate?contract=LSK_USDT&limit=8>)

Open question: What started the coin-specific rise remains unknown; coverage gaps mean an unreported event cannot be ruled out.

Analysis generated: 2026-11-01T00:04:07.000Z; evidence window: 2026-10-31T00:03:57.000Z → 2026-11-01T00:03:57.000Z.

- Day open / close: $0.20441 → $0.244 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT)
- Day range: $0.20408 – $0.31871
- Versus the past month: Its largest 24h rise in 29 days; +19.22% in the 24 hours to Nov 1, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 5.5× a typical day (3.5%).
- 30-day range: 23.4% below the high · 56.6% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- 24h volume: 19.3×; of its prior 30-day daily average
- Where it traded: Upbit 46% · Bithumb 14% · Binance 14%

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Nov 1, 2026, 00:00 UTC.

## LSK timeline around October 31, 2026

Largest closed hourly move: +17.73%, Oct 31, 2026, 00:00–01:00 (UTC).


## How often has this happened before?

Since 2017-12-20, LSK has risen 15% or more in a UTC day 38 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once. Seven days later it was higher in 15 of 38 cases, with a median change of -1.56%. This is history, not a forecast.

| After the move | Cases | Higher | Median change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Next day | 38 | 14 | -2.12% |
| 7 days later | 38 | 15 | -1.56% |
| 30 days later | 38 | 17 | -3.34% |

Episodes: 2026-09-11, 2026-08-26, 2025-11-29, 2025-11-11, 2024-04-18, 2024-03-05, 2024-01-24, 2023-11-23, 2022-12-20, 2022-11-10 (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.

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

## Same-day movers · 2026-10-31 (UTC)

- [Akedo (AKE) -21.50%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/akedo/2026-10-31>)
- [Lighter (LIT) +13.80%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/lighter/2026-10-31>)
- [Morpho (MORPHO) +13.74%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/morpho/2026-10-31>)
- [Stacks (STX) +12.81%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/blockstack/2026-10-31>)
- [TRON (TRX) -9.80%](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/tron/2026-10-31>)

[Lisk (LSK) price and news](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/lisk>)
[Methods and limitations](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/methodology>)
