How BNB reacted to Continued Jobless Claims on 30 July 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, BNB's price swung 2.42 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Continued Claims release, 1.42 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.46% lower.

2.42x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
2.18x
usual for Continued Claims: 1.66x
Price at 8:30 AM
$588.47
15 minutes later
−0.37%
One hour later
−0.46%
range 0.59%, hour before 0.69%
BNB/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
572.88
Close
592.26
24h change
3.27%
24h high
596.00
24h low
571.05
24h volume
144,026 BNB

Measured by Clometrix

BNB's volatility ratio was 2.42x, against 1.42x for a typical Continued Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.18x, against a typical 1.66x. 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 BNB moved

BNB was at $588.47 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.37% lower, and an hour later 0.46% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.59% of its price, against 0.69% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 30 July 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. Continued Jobless Claims rose to 1801K for the week ending 18th Jul, from 1782K in the week ending 11th Jul.

It arrived at the same moment as Personal Income and Outlays, Personal Consumption Expenditures, Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, Initial Jobless Claims and Gross Domestic Product Report, 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 BNB about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.51x across 92, against 1.40x across 204. This one came out the day after the Federal Reserve's 29 July rate decision. Its own ratio of 2.42x compares with 1.40x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 296 Continued Claims releases since 2021, BNB's median volatility ratio is 1.42x.

How it compares

Across 296 Continued Claims releases since 2021, BNB's usual price swing is 1.42x. This one was 1.70 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Continued Claims's usual, 1.42x. Thick line: this release, 2.42x.

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 589.02 588.47 588.64 0.03% 0.09% 0.04% 366 BNB
5 minutes 589.02 587.51 588.22 -0.04% 0.26% 0.18% 552 BNB
10 minutes 589.02 587.40 587.40 -0.18% 0.28% 0.38% 959 BNB
15 minutes 589.02 586.05 586.31 -0.37% 0.50% 0.40% 2,486 BNB
30 minutes 589.02 585.57 586.77 -0.29% 0.59% 0.55% 4,647 BNB
1 hour 589.02 585.57 585.78 -0.46% 0.59% 0.69% 6,787 BNB
2 hours 589.19 585.52 588.10 -0.06% 0.62% 1.59% 15,042 BNB
4 hours 594.00 585.52 592.56 0.69% 1.43% 2.44% 29,856 BNB
6 hours 596.00 585.52 594.94 1.09% 1.76% 3.15% 41,997 BNB
8 hours 594.00 576.81 592.56 2.65% 2.89% 1.12% 80,120 BNB
12 hours 596.00 585.52 592.26 0.64% 1.76% 3.42% 66,700 BNB

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Continued Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 0.96x 1.52x Quiet
Ethereum 1.15x 1.47x Quiet
XRP Not measured 1.18x -
BNB 2.42x 1.42x Strong
Solana 1.49x 1.39x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.21x 1.39x Quiet
TRON 1.49x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 1.41x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 1.68x 1.43x Ordinary
Sui 1.52x 1.24x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.00x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.36x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.50x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 1.17x 1.38x Quiet
Gram 0.00x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.01x 1.34x Quiet
Uniswap 0.98x 1.35x Quiet
Polkadot 1.49x 1.31x Quiet
Aave 1.08x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 1.71x 1.41x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.01x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 1.49x 1.41x Quiet
Internet Computer 0.00x 1.46x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 3.24x 1.42x Exceptional
Filecoin 1.63x 1.27x Ordinary

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 BNB

Questions about this page

Is 2.42x a lot?

For a Continued Claims release it is strong: the usual is 1.42x. 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 BNB 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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