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title: "Why did Sui drop 5.5% on October 22, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/sui/2026-10-22"
date: 2026-10-22
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# Why did Sui drop 5.5% on October 22, 2026?

On October 22, 2026 (UTC), SUI went from about $1.03 to $0.9723 (-5.53%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $0.9662 and $1.04. For the closed-hour 24h window: SUI largely moved with the market. SUI fell further than this on 4 of the past 29 days. No SUI report was published here that day; the cause is unresolved.

- Day open / close: $1.03 → $0.9723 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT)
- Day range: $0.9662 – $1.04
- Versus Bitcoin: -5.53% / BTC -3.19%; +1.2 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 2.13
- Versus the past month: 4 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -5.53%, 1.8× its prior 30-day median of 3.0%.
- 30-day range: 24.9% below the high · 4.1% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins: 18 of 21 moved the same way; 2 moved the other way
- 24h volume: 0.4×; of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap: funding near zero · open interest falling; OKX perpetual swap SUI-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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