--- title: "Why did ZEC go up 0.75% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Zcash rises sharply in one minute as most tracked coins advance · 2026-10-26" description: "ZEC +0.75% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: moved with the market. Zcash rose sharply over a one-minute window on Gate's ZEC/USDT market, an unusually large move for this coin and window compared with the preceding week, on volume well above the median for the same hour in prior sessions.…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/zcash-move-1793002680" published: 2026-10-26T08:18:13.000Z updated: 2026-10-26T09:21:56.000Z indexable: true --- # Why did ZEC go up 0.75% in 1 minute? Evidence check: Zcash rises sharply in one minute as most tracked coins advance · 2026-10-26 ZEC +0.75% in 1 minute on Gate · USDT, Oct 26 UTC: moved with the market. Zcash rose sharply over a one-minute window on Gate's ZEC/USDT market, an unusually large move for this coin and window compared with the preceding week, on volume well above the median for the same hour in prior sessions.… Nearby report sources (context, not confirmed causes): No matching source available ## Key facts ZEC changed +0.75% in 1 minute (26/10/2026, 08:17 to 26/10/2026, 08:18, UTC; Gate · USDT). The cause remains unresolved. On the OKX perpetual swap ZEC-USDT-SWAP around the alert: funding rate +0.0069% per 8h period; liquidations $0 long / $25,225 short (UTC). These are conditions that accompanied the move, not its cause. After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: +0.49% (difference from BTC +0.35 pp; 26/10/2026, 08:19 → 26/10/2026, 08:24, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +2.31% (difference from BTC +1.69 pp; 26/10/2026, 08:19 → 26/10/2026, 09:19, UTC; Gate · USDT). Unlisted windows are unavailable. ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | +0.49% | +0.14% | +0.35 pp | 26/10/2026, 08:19 → 26/10/2026, 08:24 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +2.31% | +0.62% | +1.69 pp | 26/10/2026, 08:19 → 26/10/2026, 09:19 | Gate · USDT | | 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — | ## Detected price interval | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Window | 1 min | | Sampled prices | 1195.09 → 1204.03 | | Return / BTC difference | +0.75% / +0.50 pp | | Same-window move percentile | 99.7% · Gate · USDT · 26/10/2026, 08:17 → 26/10/2026, 08:18 (UTC) · Compared with preceding-week, same-length absolute spot returns; not a prediction. | | Spot volume versus same-hour median | 2.02× · Gate · USDT · 26/10/2026, 08:17 → 26/10/2026, 08:18 (UTC) · Quote volume compared with preceding-week windows starting in the same UTC hour. | | OKX perpetual funding rate (per period) | 0.0069% / 8h · OKX · ZEC-USDT-SWAP · sampled 26/10/2026, 08:18 (UTC) · Rate observed at collection; not annualized yield or a realized settlement. | | Observed long liquidations | $0 · OKX · ZEC-USDT-SWAP · sampled 26/10/2026, 08:18 (UTC) · 26/10/2026, 08:17 → 26/10/2026, 08:19 (UTC) · Returned API records cover this sampled interval; not market-wide totals. | | Observed short liquidations | $25,225 · OKX · ZEC-USDT-SWAP · sampled 26/10/2026, 08:18 (UTC) · 26/10/2026, 08:17 → 26/10/2026, 08:19 (UTC) · Returned API records cover this sampled interval; not market-wide totals. | | Detection threshold | 0.7% | | Source | Gate · USDT | [Research: announcement timing and causality]() ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Ready | false | | Coverage | 0.0% (0/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | — | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | — | | BTC beta | — | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | Gate · USDT / 26/10/2026, 08:18 | ## Claims and open questions - Whether an exchange listing or notice, a project announcement, on-chain flows or broader market news explains the move ## Source evidence ## Recent ZEC events and market reactions - [Why did ZEC go up 0.85% in 1 minute? 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