--- title: "Why did QTC drop 12.87% in 5 minutes on Oct 26?" description: "QTC -12.87% in 5 minutes on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. The drop was isolated: none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction, none moved opposite, and none moved further. No report in the monitored feeds explains the move, so the cause is unresolved." language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/quantus-move-1793033580" published: 2026-10-26T16:54:00.000Z updated: 2026-10-26T17:55:02.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did QTC drop 12.87% in 5 minutes on Oct 26? QTC -12.87% in 5 minutes on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: no news found. The drop was isolated: none of the other tracked coins moved in the same direction, none moved opposite, and none moved further. No report in the monitored feeds explains the move, so the cause is unresolved. ## Key facts QTC changed -12.87% in 5 minutes (26/10/2026, 16:48 to 26/10/2026, 16:53, UTC; Gate · USDT). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: 0.00% (difference from BTC -0.19 pp; 26/10/2026, 16:54 → 26/10/2026, 16:59, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: 0.00% (difference from BTC -0.21 pp; 26/10/2026, 16:54 → 26/10/2026, 17:54, UTC; Gate · USDT) In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 27.18% (Gate · USDT; cutoff 26/10/2026, 16:53, UTC). ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | 0.00% | +0.19% | -0.19 pp | 26/10/2026, 16:54 → 26/10/2026, 16:59 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | 0.00% | +0.21% | -0.21 pp | 26/10/2026, 16:54 → 26/10/2026, 17:54 | Gate · USDT | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 5 min | | Sampled prices | 0.00093 → 0.0008103 | | Return / BTC difference | -12.87% / -13.06 pp | | Detection threshold | 4% | | 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 | -0.87 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | Gate · USDT / 26/10/2026, 16:53 | ## Claims and open questions - Was there an exchange listing, delisting or notice affecting Quantus? - Did a project announcement, on-chain flow or broader market news precede the drop? ## Recent QTC events and market reactions - [Why did QTC drop 6.52% in 1 minute on Oct 26?]() — Received 26/10/2026, 15:16 (UTC) · Cause unresolved · Market watch · 5m 0.00% / 1h +0.49% - [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]()