--- title: "Why did Plasma go up 12.1% on October 30, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/plasma/2026-10-30" date: 2026-10-30 --- # Why did Plasma go up 12.1% on October 30, 2026? No project news or market data found so far explains this rise. Bitcoin fell while only 7 of 31 tracked coins moved at least a third as far in the same direction, so the wider market does not account for it (S5). On October 30, 2026 (UTC), XPL went from about $0.07254 to $0.08132 (+12.06%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $0.0699 and $0.08188. XPL's move can't be compared with Bitcoin's yet; the figures below describe the move, not its cause. This is XPL's largest 24-hour rise in 28 days. No XPL report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved. Since 2025-09-25, XPL has risen 10% or more in a UTC day 17 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once. Seven days later it was higher in 5 of 17 cases, with a median change of -13.18%. This is history, not a forecast. ## What may be driving the move No project news or market data found so far explains this rise. Bitcoin fell while only 7 of 31 tracked coins moved at least a third as far in the same direction, so the wider market does not account for it (S5). Open question: The initiating event and timing remain unknown; the available derivatives and order-book snapshots do not establish what drove the move. Analysis generated: 2026-10-31T00:09:07.000Z; evidence window: 2026-10-30T00:08:57.000Z → 2026-10-31T00:08:57.000Z. - Day open / close: $0.07254 → $0.08132 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $0.0699 – $0.08188 - Versus the past month: Its largest 24h rise in 28 days; +12.06% in the 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 00:00 UTC, 4.3× a typical day (2.8%). - 30-day range: 21.4% below the high · 20.8% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 10 of 22 others also rose 4.0% or more; 3 fell that much - 24h volume: 1.8×; of its prior 30-day daily average - Where it traded: Binance 25% · LBank 9% · Bybit 8% - Perpetual swap: funding positive · open interest flat; OKX perpetual swap XPL-USDT-SWAP Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 00:00 UTC. ## XPL timeline around October 30, 2026 Largest closed hourly move: +4.00%, Oct 30, 2026, 19:00–20:00 (UTC). ## How often has this happened before? Since 2025-09-25, XPL has risen 10% or more in a UTC day 17 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once. Seven days later it was higher in 5 of 17 cases, with a median change of -13.18%. This is history, not a forecast. | After the move | Cases | Higher | Median change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Next day | 17 | 8 | -1.01% | | 7 days later | 17 | 5 | -13.18% | | 30 days later | 17 | 5 | -20.62% | Episodes: 2026-09-24, 2026-09-03, 2026-08-20, 2026-07-03, 2026-06-25, 2026-06-11, 2026-05-28, 2026-04-13, 2026-04-01, 2026-03-16 (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 · 2026-10-30 (UTC) - [MEET48 (IDOL) +71.13%]() - [Akedo (AKE) -33.40%]() - [Bitway (BTW) -26.77%]() - [Uniswap (UNI) +10.40%]() - [Ondo (ONDO) +9.18%]() [Plasma (XPL) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()