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title: "Why did Solana drop 3.1% on October 22, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/solana/2026-10-22"
date: 2026-10-22
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# Why did Solana drop 3.1% on October 22, 2026?

On October 22, 2026 (UTC), SOL went from about $106.99 to $103.67 (-3.08%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $103.03 and $107.49. For the closed-hour 24h window: SOL largely moved with the market. SOL fell further than this on 3 of the past 29 days. No SOL report was published here that day; the cause is unresolved.

- Day open / close: $106.99 → $103.67 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT)
- Day range: $103.03 – $107.49
- Versus Bitcoin: -3.08% / BTC -3.19%; +1.6 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 1.46
- Versus the past month: 3 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -3.08%, 2.1× its prior 30-day median of 1.5%.
- 30-day range: 17.0% below the high · 3.2% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins: 15 of 16 moved the same way; 1 moved the other way
- 24h volume: 0.6×; of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap: funding positive · open interest flat; OKX perpetual swap SOL-USDT-SWAP

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 23/10/2026, 00:00 UTC.

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

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