--- title: "Why did BCH go up 0.82% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Bitcoin Cash rises sharply in one-minute move · 2026-10-24" description: "BCH +0.82% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 24 UTC: moved with the market. Bitcoin Cash rose in a sharp one-minute move on Gate's USDT pair, outpacing most other tracked coins, which moved the same way, and beating Bitcoin over the same window. Open interest on the OKX perpetual swap stayed flat…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/bitcoin-cash-move-1792852140" published: 2026-10-24T14:29:59.000Z updated: 2026-10-24T15:31:01.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did BCH go up 0.82% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Bitcoin Cash rises sharply in one-minute move · 2026-10-24 BCH +0.82% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 24 UTC: moved with the market. Bitcoin Cash rose in a sharp one-minute move on Gate's USDT pair, outpacing most other tracked coins, which moved the same way, and beating Bitcoin over the same window. Open interest on the OKX perpetual swap stayed flat… Nearby report sources (context, not confirmed causes): No matching source available ## Key facts BCH changed +0.82% in 1 minute (24/10/2026, 14:28 to 24/10/2026, 14:29, UTC; Gate · USDT). The cause remains unresolved. On the OKX perpetual swap BCH-USDT-SWAP around the alert: funding rate +0.0043% per 8h period; open interest +0.11% (24/10/2026, 14:25 → 24/10/2026, 14:30); liquidations $0 long / $0 short (UTC). These are conditions that accompanied the move, not its cause. After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: -0.17% (difference from BTC -0.24 pp; 24/10/2026, 14:30 → 24/10/2026, 14:35, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: -2.09% (difference from BTC -0.87 pp; 24/10/2026, 14:30 → 24/10/2026, 15:30, UTC; Gate · USDT). Unlisted windows are unavailable. ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | -0.17% | +0.07% | -0.24 pp | 24/10/2026, 14:30 → 24/10/2026, 14:35 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | -2.09% | -1.21% | -0.87 pp | 24/10/2026, 14:30 → 24/10/2026, 15:30 | Gate · USDT | | 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 272.72 → 274.96 | | Return / BTC difference | +0.82% / +0.52 pp | | OKX perpetual funding rate (per period) | 0.0043% / 8h · OKX · BCH-USDT-SWAP · sampled 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · Rate observed at collection; not annualized yield or a realized settlement. | | OKX perpetual open interest change | +0.11% · OKX · BCH-USDT-SWAP · sampled 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · 24/10/2026, 14:25 → 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · OI measured in coin units, not dollar value. | | Observed long liquidations | $0 · OKX · BCH-USDT-SWAP · sampled 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · 24/10/2026, 14:28 → 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · Returned API records cover this sampled interval; not market-wide totals. | | Observed short liquidations | $0 · OKX · BCH-USDT-SWAP · sampled 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · 24/10/2026, 14:28 → 24/10/2026, 14:30 (UTC) · Returned API records cover this sampled interval; not market-wide totals. | | Detection threshold | 0.7% | | Source | Gate · USDT | [Research: announcement timing and causality]() ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Ready | false | | Coverage | 0.0% (0/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | — | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | — | | BTC beta | — | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | Gate · USDT / 24/10/2026, 14:29 | ## Claims and open questions - Whether an exchange listing or notice, a project announcement, on-chain flows or broader market news explains the move ## Source evidence ## Recent BCH events and market reactions No other publication-ready BCH events yet. - [Full coin archive]() ## Recent Market watch events on other coins - [IRYS: Why did IRYS drop 2.16% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Irys falls sharply in one minute while most other tracked coins move differently · 2026-10-24]() - [BMT: Why did BMT drop 9.92% in 60 minutes? Evidence check: Bubblemaps falls sharply over one hour, isolated from the wider market · 2026-10-24]() - [ZEC: Why did ZEC go up 0.73% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Zcash rises in a one-minute move as most tracked coins advance · 2026-10-24]() - [Market watch]() ## Research for this archive - [Will Bitcoin go back up? Every crash since 2011 and its recovery time]() - [Altcoin beta to Bitcoin: BTC, ETH, SOL and DOGE hourly returns]() - [Do XRP and Solana ETF flows move the price? First-year data]() - [Crypto liquidity and order book depth: a historical data audit]() [Methods and limitations]() Publisher count is not independent evidence count. Price changes cannot verify news or prove causation.