--- title: "Why did Stellar drop 1.9% on October 25, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/stellar/2026-10-25" date: 2026-10-25 --- # Why did Stellar drop 1.9% on October 25, 2026? On October 25, 2026 (UTC), XLM went from about $0.17153 to $0.1682 (-1.94%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $0.16685 and $0.17248. For the closed-hour 24h window: XLM largely moved with the market. XLM fell further than this on 9 of the past 29 days. Stellar fell and largely moved with the market, with some other tracked coins moving the same way. Volume was below usual. No recent report about Stellar explains the move, so the cause is unresolved. - Day open / close: $0.17153 → $0.1682 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $0.16685 – $0.17248 - Versus Bitcoin: -1.94% / BTC -0.90%; -0.5 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 1.57 - Versus the past month: 9 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -1.94%, 0.9× its prior 30-day median of 2.3%. - 30-day range: 29.0% below the high · 1.1% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 12 of 23 moved the same way; 2 moved the other way - 24h volume: 0.1×; of its prior 30-day daily average Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 26/10/2026, 00:00 UTC. ## Still open - What drove the market-wide move lower, and would exchange notices or official statements from major venues or issuers clarify it? - What is the current state of Stellar network activity and usage, and would on-chain data settle it? Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-25 (UTC) - [Quantus (QTC) +21.68%]() - [Quant (QNT) +6.11%]() - [Pepe (PEPE) -5.06%]() - [Pi Network (PI) -2.33%]() - [Sui (SUI) -1.94%]() [Stellar (XLM) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()