--- title: "Why did Q go up 33.13% in 60 minutes on Oct 26?" description: "Q +33.13% in 1 hour on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quack AI's Q token rose sharply over a one-hour window on Gate's USDT market, while Bitcoin was roughly flat over the same period, according to the venue's pricing. The move stood alone among the other tracked coins, none of which moved…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quack-ai-move-1793054160" published: 2026-10-26T22:36:58.000Z updated: 2026-10-26T23:39:03.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did Q go up 33.13% in 60 minutes on Oct 26? Q +33.13% in 1 hour on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quack AI's Q token rose sharply over a one-hour window on Gate's USDT market, while Bitcoin was roughly flat over the same period, according to the venue's pricing. The move stood alone among the other tracked coins, none of which moved… ## Key facts Q changed +33.13% in 60 minutes (26/10/2026, 21:36 to 26/10/2026, 22:36, UTC; Gate · USDT). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: -0.36% (difference from BTC -0.43 pp; 26/10/2026, 22:37 → 26/10/2026, 22:42, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +6.67% (difference from BTC +6.38 pp; 26/10/2026, 22:37 → 26/10/2026, 23:37, UTC; Gate · USDT) In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 19.00% (Gate · USDT; cutoff 26/10/2026, 22:36, UTC). ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | -0.36% | +0.07% | -0.43 pp | 26/10/2026, 22:37 → 26/10/2026, 22:42 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +6.67% | +0.28% | +6.38 pp | 26/10/2026, 22:37 → 26/10/2026, 23:37 | Gate · USDT | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 60 min | | Sampled prices | 0.139457 → 0.185664 | | Return / BTC difference | +33.13% / +33.39 pp | | Detection threshold | 16% | | Source | Gate · USDT | ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Coverage | 99.7% (718/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | 1.03% | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 19.00% | | BTC beta | 0.60 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | Gate · USDT / 26/10/2026, 22:36 | ## Claims and open questions - What would explain the move, such as an exchange listing or notice, a project announcement, on-chain flows, or broader market news? ## Recent Q events and market reactions - [Why did Q go up 5.59% in 1 minute on Oct 27?]() — Received 27/10/2026, 00:10 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -1.33% - [Why did Q drop 9.16% in 5 minutes on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 21:40 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +0.23% / 1h +25.80% - [Why did Q go up 8.68% in 1 minute on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 21:35 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +1.75% / 1h +31.97% - [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]()