--- title: "Why did PEARL drop 2.16% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Pearl falls sharply in one-minute move while other tracked coins stay flat · 2026-10-24" description: "PEARL -2.16% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 24 UTC: no news found. Pearl fell in a one-minute move on Gate's PEARL/USDT market, an isolated move with none of the other tracked coins moving in the same direction. The cause remains unresolved." language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/pearl-2-move-1792848720" published: 2026-10-24T13:33:00.000Z updated: 2026-10-24T14:34:02.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did PEARL drop 2.16% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Pearl falls sharply in one-minute move while other tracked coins stay flat · 2026-10-24 PEARL -2.16% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 24 UTC: no news found. Pearl fell in a one-minute move on Gate's PEARL/USDT market, an isolated move with none of the other tracked coins moving in the same direction. The cause remains unresolved. Nearby report sources (context, not confirmed causes): No matching source available ## Key facts PEARL changed -2.16% in 1 minute (24/10/2026, 13:31 to 24/10/2026, 13:32, UTC; Gate · USDT). The cause remains unresolved. After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: -0.03% (difference from BTC -0.05 pp; 24/10/2026, 13:33 → 24/10/2026, 13:38, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: -2.88% (difference from BTC -2.55 pp; 24/10/2026, 13:33 → 24/10/2026, 14:33, UTC; Gate · USDT). Unlisted windows are unavailable. ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | -0.03% | +0.02% | -0.05 pp | 24/10/2026, 13:33 → 24/10/2026, 13:38 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | -2.88% | -0.33% | -2.55 pp | 24/10/2026, 13:33 → 24/10/2026, 14:33 | Gate · USDT | | 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 1.9154 → 1.874 | | Return / BTC difference | -2.16% / -2.08 pp | | Detection threshold | 2% | | 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, 13:32 | ## Claims and open questions - Was there an exchange listing, delisting notice or project announcement for Pearl around the time of the move? - Did on-chain flows or broader market news coincide with the drop? ## Source evidence ## Recent PEARL events and market reactions - [Why did PEARL drop 2.55% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Pearl falls sharply in one-minute move while other tracked coins hold steady · 2026-10-24]() — Received 24/10/2026, 01:40 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h -1.94% - [Why did PEARL go up 2.98% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Pearl rises sharply in a one-minute move while other tracked coins stay flat · 2026-10-23]() — Received 23/10/2026, 23:30 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -0.02% / 1h +1.95% - [Why did PEARL drop 3.38% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Pearl falls sharply in a one-minute move while other tracked coins hold steady · 2026-10-23]() — Received 23/10/2026, 22:49 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h +1.17% - [Why did PEARL go up 4.44% in 5 minutes? Evidence check: Pearl rises sharply over five minutes while other tracked coins stay flat · 2026-10-23]() — Received 23/10/2026, 21:59 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h +0.52% - [Why did PEARL drop 2.67% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Pearl price falls sharply in isolated one-minute move · 2026-10-23]() — Received 23/10/2026, 21:42 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h +1.40% - [Full coin archive]() ## Research for this archive - [Altcoin beta to Bitcoin: BTC, ETH, SOL and DOGE hourly returns]() - [Will Bitcoin go back up? Every crash since 2011 and its recovery time]() - [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.