--- title: "Why did QTC drop 6.52% in 1 minute on Oct 26?" description: "QTC -6.52% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quantus dropped in a one-minute move on Gate's QTC/USDT market, while none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction over that window." language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quantus-move-1793027700" published: 2026-10-26T15:16:04.000Z updated: 2026-10-26T16:18:02.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did QTC drop 6.52% in 1 minute on Oct 26? QTC -6.52% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. Quantus dropped in a one-minute move on Gate's QTC/USDT market, while none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction over that window. ## Key facts QTC changed -6.52% in 1 minute (26/10/2026, 15:14 to 26/10/2026, 15:15, UTC; Gate · USDT). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: 0.00% (difference from BTC -0.22 pp; 26/10/2026, 15:17 → 26/10/2026, 15:22, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +0.49% (difference from BTC +0.86 pp; 26/10/2026, 15:17 → 26/10/2026, 16:17, UTC; Gate · USDT) In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 27.18% (Gate · USDT; cutoff 26/10/2026, 15:15, UTC). ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | 0.00% | +0.22% | -0.22 pp | 26/10/2026, 15:17 → 26/10/2026, 15:22 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +0.49% | -0.38% | +0.86 pp | 26/10/2026, 15:17 → 26/10/2026, 16:17 | Gate · USDT | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 0.00099 → 0.0009255 | | Return / BTC difference | -6.52% / -6.50 pp | | Detection threshold | 2% | | Source | Gate · USDT | ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Coverage | 99.0% (713/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | 0.55% | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 27.18% | | BTC beta | -0.86 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | Gate · USDT / 26/10/2026, 15:15 | ## Claims and open questions - Would an exchange listing or notice, a project announcement, on-chain flows or broader market news explain the drop? ## Recent QTC events and market reactions - [Why did QTC drop 12.87% in 5 minutes on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 16:54 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% - [Why did QTC go up 2.13% in 1 minute on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 23:50 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +0.55% / 1h -1.10% - [Why did QTC drop 4.02% in 1 minute on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 23:15 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h +8.33% - [Why did QTC drop 17.05% in 60 minutes on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 11:24 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m +0.45% - [Why did QTC drop 11.50% in 1 minute on Oct 25?]() — Received 25/10/2026, 10:22 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m -9.00% / 1h -17.05% - [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]()