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title: "Why did Q drop 9.16% in 5 minutes on Oct 26?"
description: "Q -9.16% in 5 minutes on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quack AI's Q token fell sharply over a five-minute window on Gate's USDT market, a much larger swing than Bitcoin's small move in the same period, while none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction. Spot activity…"
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# Why did Q drop 9.16% in 5 minutes on Oct 26?

Q -9.16% in 5 minutes on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quack AI's Q token fell sharply over a five-minute window on Gate's USDT market, a much larger swing than Bitcoin's small move in the same period, while none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction. Spot activity…

## Key facts

Q changed -9.16% in 5 minutes (26/10/2026, 21:34 to 26/10/2026, 21:39, UTC; Gate · USDT).
After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: +0.23% (difference from BTC +0.22 pp; 26/10/2026, 21:40 → 26/10/2026, 21:45, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +25.80% (difference from BTC +25.99 pp; 26/10/2026, 21:40 → 26/10/2026, 22:40, UTC; Gate · USDT)

## Returns after site detection

| Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 minutes | +0.23% | +0.00% | +0.22 pp | 26/10/2026, 21:40 → 26/10/2026, 21:45 | Gate · USDT |
| 1 hour | +25.80% | -0.19% | +25.99 pp | 26/10/2026, 21:40 → 26/10/2026, 22:40 | Gate · USDT |

## Detected price interval

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Window | 5 min |
| Sampled prices | 0.157605 → 0.143176 |
| Return / BTC difference | -9.16% / -9.21 pp |
| Detection threshold | 8% |
| Source | Gate · USDT |

## Claims and open questions

- Whether an exchange listing or notice, a project announcement, on-chain flows or broader market news explains the move


## Recent Q events and market reactions

- [Why did Q go up 33.13% in 60 minutes on Oct 26?](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quack-ai-move-1793054160>) — Received 26/10/2026, 22:36 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -0.36% / 1h +6.67%
- [Why did Q go up 8.68% in 1 minute on Oct 26?](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quack-ai-move-1793050440>) — Received 26/10/2026, 21:35 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +1.75% / 1h +31.97%
- [Full coin archive](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/quack-ai>)

## Recent Market watch events on other coins

- [QTC: Why did QTC go up 4.90% in 1 minute on Oct 26?](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quantus-move-1793054700>)
- [PEARL: Why did PEARL drop 2.47% in 1 minute on Oct 26?](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/pearl-2-move-1793043420>)
- [HYPE: Why did HYPE go up 1.17% in 1 minute on Oct 26?](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/hyperliquid-move-1793036100>)
- [Market watch](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/topics/market>)

## Research for this archive

- [Altcoin beta to Bitcoin: BTC, ETH, SOL and DOGE hourly returns](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/research/hourly-returns-and-bitcoin-beta.md>)
- [Will Bitcoin go back up? Every crash since 2011 and its recovery time](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/research/bitcoin-crash-recovery-time.md>)
- [Do XRP and Solana ETF flows move the price? First-year data](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/research/xrp-solana-etf-flows-and-price.md>)
- [Crypto liquidity and order book depth: a historical data audit](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/research/order-book-data-quality.md>)

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](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/methodology>)