How Shiba Inu reacted to Continued Jobless Claims on 19 February 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Shiba Inu's price swung 2.03 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Continued Claims release, 1.34 times is usual. An hour later the price was unchanged.

2.03x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
3.23x
usual for Continued Claims: 1.71x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.000006
15 minutes later
−0.49%
One hour later
0.00%
range 0.97%, hour before 1.13%
SHIB/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

The dashed orange line is the release. Chart data from Binance.

Open
0.000006
Close
0.000006
24h change
-1.61%
24h high
0.000006
24h low
0.000006
24h volume
762.728B SHIB

Measured by Clometrix

Shiba Inu's volatility ratio was 2.03x, against 1.34x for a typical Continued Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.23x, against a typical 1.71x. That is a strong reaction by this release's own standard. Both compare the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change: volatility is how far the price ranged, volume how much traded.

How Shiba Inu moved

Shiba Inu was at $0.000006 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.49% lower, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.97% of its price, against 1.13% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 19 February 2026 at 8:30 AM EST. Continued Jobless Claims fell to 1827K for the week ending 7th Feb, from 1865K in the week ending 31st Jan.

It arrived at the same moment as International Trade Balance in Goods and Services, International Imports in Goods and Services, International Exports in Goods and Services and Initial Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Continued Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Shiba Inu more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 86, against 1.30x across 193. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.03x compares with 1.30x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 279 Continued Claims releases since 2021, Shiba Inu's median volatility ratio is 1.34x.

How it compares

Across 279 Continued Claims releases since 2021, Shiba Inu's usual price swing is 1.34x. This one was 1.52 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Continued Claims's usual, 1.34x. Thick line: this release, 2.03x.

Minute by minute

Each row is the time after the release, with the same length of time before it for comparison.

After High Low Close Change Range Range before Volume
1 minute 0.00000619 0.00000618 0.00000619 0.16% 0.16% 0.16% 1.071B SHIB
5 minutes 0.00000619 0.00000617 0.00000618 0.00% 0.32% 0.32% 6.281B SHIB
10 minutes 0.00000619 0.00000615 0.00000616 -0.32% 0.65% 0.48% 11.782B SHIB
15 minutes 0.00000619 0.00000613 0.00000615 -0.49% 0.97% 0.48% 19.243B SHIB
30 minutes 0.00000619 0.00000613 0.00000616 -0.32% 0.97% 0.81% 37.828B SHIB
1 hour 0.00000619 0.00000613 0.00000618 0.00% 0.97% 1.13% 63.291B SHIB
2 hours 0.00000623 0.00000613 0.00000617 -0.16% 1.61% 1.44% 160.407B SHIB
4 hours 0.00000624 0.00000612 0.0000062 0.32% 1.92% 1.92% 276.978B SHIB
6 hours 0.00000625 0.00000612 0.00000619 0.16% 2.08% 2.69% 344.115B SHIB
8 hours 0.00000626 0.00000612 0.0000062 -0.65% 2.24% 1.90% 417.876B SHIB
12 hours 0.00000625 0.00000612 0.00000621 0.48% 2.08% 3.00% 467.551B SHIB

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Continued Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.05x 1.52x Strong
Ethereum 3.05x 1.47x Exceptional
XRP 1.02x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 2.82x 1.42x Strong
Solana 2.05x 1.39x Strong
Dogecoin 2.61x 1.39x Strong
TRON 2.00x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 2.56x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 2.80x 1.43x Strong
Sui 2.16x 1.24x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 1.25x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.62x 1.32x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.31x 1.42x Strong
Litecoin 2.70x 1.38x Strong
Gram 1.03x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 2.03x 1.34x Strong
Uniswap 2.06x 1.35x Strong
Polkadot 2.03x 1.31x Strong
Aave 2.06x 1.38x Strong
Bittensor 2.54x 1.41x Strong
NEAR Protocol 1.28x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 3.99x 1.41x Exceptional
Internet Computer 3.00x 1.46x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.40x 1.42x Quiet
Filecoin 3.58x 1.27x Exceptional

What is Continued Jobless Claims?

The weekly claims report is released Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.

Every Continued Claims release for Shiba Inu

Questions about this page

Is 2.03x a lot?

For a Continued Claims release it is strong: the usual is 1.34x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Continued Claims do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Shiba Inu moved in after past Continued Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

Do weekly jobless claims move crypto?

Weekly jobless claims have a median Bitcoin price swing of 1.52x since 2021, which places Initial Claims and Continued Claims in Tier 3. They are released at 8:30 a.m. ET. When a claims release falls on the same minute as a bigger report, such as CPI, the reaction belongs to both. Clometrix measures 296 claims releases in the record since 2021.

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Disclaimer

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