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title: "Why did Sui drop 2.3% on October 24, 2026?"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/sui/2026-10-24"
date: 2026-10-24
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# Why did Sui drop 2.3% on October 24, 2026?

On October 24, 2026 (UTC), SUI went from about $0.9607 to $0.9388 (-2.28%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $0.9117 and $0.9688. For the closed-hour 24h window: SUI's move is partly market-wide, with a residual that does not identify a cause. SUI fell further than this on 10 of the past 29 days. Sui fell, partly in line with Bitcoin, while some other tracked coins moved the same way; the move is partly market-wide with a residual that does not identify a cause. It was about its usual day, on below-usual volume. No recent report about the coin explains it, so the cause is unresolved.

- Day open / close: $0.9607 → $0.9388 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT)
- Day range: $0.9117 – $0.9688
- Versus Bitcoin: -2.28% / BTC -0.38%; -1.5 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 2.15
- Versus the past month: 10 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -2.28%, 0.8× its prior 30-day median of 2.9%.
- 30-day range: 27.4% below the high · 3.0% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue
- Other tracked coins: 6 of 11 moved the same way; 1 moved the other way
- 24h volume: 0.4×; of its prior 30-day daily average
- Perpetual swap: funding near zero · open interest flat; OKX perpetual swap SUI-USDT-SWAP

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 25/10/2026, 00:00 UTC.

## Still open

- Whether any project announcement, filing or exchange notice accompanied the move; an official statement from the Sui project would settle this.
- Whether on-chain transfers or unlocks coincided with the move; chain data for the period would settle this.
- Why open interest on the OKX perpetual swap stayed flat while price fell; exchange or venue derivatives data for the period would settle this.

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

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