--- title: "Why did PEARL drop 2.47% in 1 minute on Oct 26?" description: "PEARL -2.47% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Pearl fell sharply in a one-minute window on Gate's PEARL/USDT market while none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction, making the move isolated rather than market-wide. The cause remains unresolved." language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/pearl-2-move-1793043420" published: 2026-10-26T19:37:23.000Z updated: 2026-10-26T20:39:03.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did PEARL drop 2.47% in 1 minute on Oct 26? PEARL -2.47% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Pearl fell sharply in a one-minute window on Gate's PEARL/USDT market while none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction, making the move isolated rather than market-wide. The cause remains unresolved. ## Key facts PEARL changed -2.47% in 1 minute (26/10/2026, 19:36 to 26/10/2026, 19:37, UTC; Gate · USDT). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: +0.60% (difference from BTC +0.64 pp; 26/10/2026, 19:38 → 26/10/2026, 19:43, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +1.57% (difference from BTC +1.74 pp; 26/10/2026, 19:38 → 26/10/2026, 20:38, UTC; Gate · USDT) ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | +0.60% | -0.04% | +0.64 pp | 26/10/2026, 19:38 → 26/10/2026, 19:43 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +1.57% | -0.17% | +1.74 pp | 26/10/2026, 19:38 → 26/10/2026, 20:38 | Gate · USDT | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 1.8665 → 1.8204 | | Return / BTC difference | -2.47% / -2.39 pp | | Detection threshold | 2% | | Source | Gate · USDT | ## Claims and open questions - An exchange listing or notice, a Pearl project announcement, on-chain flows or broader market news could explain the move. ## Recent PEARL events and market reactions - [Why did PEARL drop 2.02% in 1 minute on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 14:15 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -0.09% / 1h -2.69% - [Why did PEARL go up 2.07% in 1 minute on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 14:13 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +1.50% / 1h +0.13% - [Why did PEARL go up 2.44% in 1 minute on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 18:56 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -0.09% / 1h -0.65% / 24h -6.53% - [Why did PEARL go up 2.25% in 1 minute on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 17:45 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -0.08% / 1h +1.17% / 24h -4.87% - [Why did PEARL go up 4.52% in 1 minute on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 16:01 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +0.53% / 1h -1.66% / 24h -2.30% - [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]() Evidence levels describe source coverage, not the probability that a report is true. Price moves and their timing cannot establish a cause; minute samples show an observed interval and alert thresholds are heuristics. Explanations are model-assisted, with citations and figures checked. Source titles stay in their original language; full articles are not republished. [Methods and limitations]()