--- title: "Why did Stellar drop 1.0% on October 24, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/stellar/2026-10-24" date: 2026-10-24 --- # Why did Stellar drop 1.0% on October 24, 2026? On October 24, 2026 (UTC), XLM went from about $0.17337 to $0.17153 (-1.03%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $0.16633 and $0.17409. For the closed-hour 24h window: XLM is within a usual day's range. XLM fell further than this on 13 of the past 29 days. Stellar moved down, within its usual daily range, and most other tracked coins moved the same way. No recent report about the coin explains the move, so the cause is unresolved. - Day open / close: $0.17337 → $0.17153 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $0.16633 – $0.17409 - Versus Bitcoin: -1.03% / BTC -0.38%; -0.4 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 1.57 - Versus the past month: 13 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -1.03%, 0.5× its prior 30-day median of 2.3%. - 30-day range: 27.6% below the high · 3.1% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 15 of 20 moved the same way; 3 moved the other way - 24h volume: 0.4×; of its prior 30-day daily average Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 25/10/2026, 00:00 UTC. ## Still open - Whether Stellar's move reflected broader market conditions rather than anything coin-specific, which would be settled by a project statement or official disclosure addressing the day's trading. - What drove the move on the day, which would be settled by exchange notices or on-chain data. Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-24 (UTC) - [Irys (IRYS) -47.17%]() - [Quantus (QTC) -13.56%]() - [Sui (SUI) -2.28%]() - [Ondo (ONDO) -2.17%]() - [Zcash (ZEC) +2.13%]() [Stellar (XLM) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()