--- title: "Why did QTC drop 6.16% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Quantus falls sharply in one-minute move as other tracked coins stay flat · 2026-10-25" description: "QTC -6.16% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 25 UTC: no news found. Quantus dropped in a one-minute move on Gate while none of the other tracked coins moved the same way and Bitcoin barely changed, according to the venue's spot data. No report in the monitored feeds explains it, and derivatives and…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quantus-move-1792896900" published: 2026-10-25T02:55:59.000Z updated: 2026-10-25T03:58:03.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did QTC drop 6.16% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Quantus falls sharply in one-minute move as other tracked coins stay flat · 2026-10-25 QTC -6.16% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 25 UTC: no news found. Quantus dropped in a one-minute move on Gate while none of the other tracked coins moved the same way and Bitcoin barely changed, according to the venue's spot data. No report in the monitored feeds explains it, and derivatives and… Nearby report sources (context, not confirmed causes): No matching source available ## Key facts QTC changed -6.16% in 1 minute (25/10/2026, 02:54 to 25/10/2026, 02:55, UTC; Gate · USDT). The cause remains unresolved. After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: 0.00% (difference from BTC +0.02 pp; 25/10/2026, 02:57 → 25/10/2026, 03:02, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +2.56% (difference from BTC +2.64 pp; 25/10/2026, 02:57 → 25/10/2026, 03:57, UTC; Gate · USDT). Unlisted windows are unavailable. In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 26.89% (Gate · USDT; cutoff 25/10/2026, 02:55, UTC). This hourly baseline is not directly comparable with a minute move. ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | 0.00% | -0.02% | +0.02 pp | 25/10/2026, 02:57 → 25/10/2026, 03:02 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +2.56% | -0.08% | +2.64 pp | 25/10/2026, 02:57 → 25/10/2026, 03:57 | Gate · USDT | | 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 0.00093 → 0.0008727 | | Return / BTC difference | -6.16% / -6.17 pp | | Detection threshold | 2% | | Source | Gate · USDT | [Research: announcement timing and causality]() ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Ready | true | | Coverage | 100.0% (720/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | 0.48% | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 26.89% | | BTC beta | -0.76 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | Gate · USDT / 25/10/2026, 02:55 | ## Claims and open questions - Whether a Quantus project announcement, exchange listing or notice, on-chain flow or broader market news accounts for the drop ## Source evidence ## Recent QTC events and market reactions - [Why did QTC go up 2.53% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Quantus rises sharply in one-minute move · 2026-10-25]() — Received 25/10/2026, 04:18 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h -0.72% - [Why did QTC go up 2.86% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Quantus rises sharply in one-minute move · 2026-10-25]() — Received 25/10/2026, 03:08 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h -0.56% - [Why did QTC go up 23.25% in 60 minutes? Evidence check: Quantus rises sharply in an isolated move over one hour · 2026-10-25]() — Received 25/10/2026, 01:44 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h -4.16% - [Why did QTC drop 2.26% in 1 minute? Evidence check · 2026-10-21]() — Received 21/10/2026, 22:21 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h +0.24% / 24h -10.37% - [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.