--- title: "Why did Q drop 6.84% in 1 minute on Oct 26?" description: "Q -6.84% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quack AI (Q) fell sharply against USDT on Gate over a one-minute window, while Bitcoin was little changed and none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction or further, according to the venue's spot data. Derivative…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quack-ai-move-1793054700" published: 2026-10-26T22:46:00.000Z updated: 2026-10-26T23:47:02.000Z indexable: false --- # Why did Q drop 6.84% in 1 minute on Oct 26? Q -6.84% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quack AI (Q) fell sharply against USDT on Gate over a one-minute window, while Bitcoin was little changed and none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction or further, according to the venue's spot data. Derivative… ## Key facts Q changed -6.84% in 1 minute (26/10/2026, 22:44 to 26/10/2026, 22:45, UTC; Gate · USDT). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: +5.54% (difference from BTC +5.49 pp; 26/10/2026, 22:46 → 26/10/2026, 22:52, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +8.16% (difference from BTC +7.92 pp; 26/10/2026, 22:46 → 26/10/2026, 23:46, UTC; Gate · USDT) In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 19.00% (Gate · USDT; cutoff 26/10/2026, 22:45, UTC). ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | +5.54% | +0.05% | +5.49 pp | 26/10/2026, 22:46 → 26/10/2026, 22:52 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +8.16% | +0.24% | +7.92 pp | 26/10/2026, 22:46 → 26/10/2026, 23:46 | Gate · USDT | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 0.186175 → 0.173437 | | Return / BTC difference | -6.84% / -6.82 pp | | Detection threshold | 3.105080653811005% | | 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, 22:45 | ## Claims and open questions - Whether an exchange listing, project announcement, on-chain flow or broader market news explains the one-minute fall in Quack AI. ## 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 go up 33.13% in 60 minutes on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 22:36 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -0.36% / 1h +6.67% - [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]()