How XRP reacted to the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision on 29 July 2026

The short answer

XRP was at $1.0800 when the figure came out, and an hour later it was 0.93% higher. The size of the swing against a normal quarter hour has not been measured for this release.

Trading (volume ratio)
6.55x
usual for Fed Interest Rate: 5.48x
Price at 2:00 PM
$1.0800
15 minutes later
+0.93%
One hour later
+0.93%
range 0.93%, hour before 0.93%
XRP/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 2:00 PM America/New York

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

Open
1.0900
Close
1.0800
24h change
-0.93%
24h high
1.0900
24h low
1.0600
24h volume
65.162M XRP

The release

Released by the Federal Open Market Committee on 29 July 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT. The Federal Open Market Committee held its target range for the federal funds rate at 3.50–3.75%.

How XRP moved

XRP was at $1.0800 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.93% higher, and an hour later 0.93% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.93% of its price, against 0.93% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

XRP's volume ratio was 6.55x, against a typical 5.48x. Its volatility ratio could not be measured: the price barely moved through the rest of the day, so there is no ordinary quarter hour to compare against. The ratio compares the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Fed decisions that changed the rate have moved XRP more than those that held it: a median volatility ratio of 5.10x across 18, against 2.24x across 26. This one held it.

Its record

Across 44 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, XRP's median volatility ratio is 3.61x.

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 1.09 1.08 1.08 0.00% 0.92% 0.00% 1.571M XRP
5 minutes 1.09 1.08 1.09 0.92% 0.92% 0.00% 2.126M XRP
10 minutes 1.09 1.08 1.09 0.92% 0.92% 0.00% 3.34M XRP
15 minutes 1.09 1.08 1.09 0.92% 0.92% 0.93% 3.677M XRP
30 minutes 1.09 1.08 1.08 0.00% 0.92% 0.93% 5.103M XRP
1 hour 1.09 1.08 1.09 0.92% 0.92% 0.93% 7.954M XRP
2 hours 1.09 1.07 1.07 -0.93% 1.83% 0.93% 12.765M XRP
4 hours 1.09 1.06 1.07 -0.93% 2.75% 0.93% 19.699M XRP
6 hours 1.09 1.06 1.07 -0.93% 2.75% 0.93% 23.289M XRP
8 hours 1.09 1.06 1.07 -0.93% 2.75% 1.83% 29.448M XRP
12 hours 1.09 1.06 1.08 0.00% 2.75% 1.83% 34.295M XRP

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Fed Interest Rate Reaction
Bitcoin 2.62x 4.24x Muted
Ethereum 3.50x 4.08x Ordinary
XRP Not measured 3.61x -
BNB 2.44x 3.05x Ordinary
Solana 1.96x 3.11x Muted
Dogecoin 2.47x 3.69x Muted
TRON 3.00x 2.50x Ordinary
Cardano 2.23x 3.31x Muted
Chainlink 2.67x 3.50x Ordinary
Sui 2.39x 2.91x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 2.10x 3.19x Muted
Hedera 2.70x 2.99x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.98x 3.47x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.99x 3.37x Muted
Gram 0.99x 2.75x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.62x 3.45x Muted
Uniswap 1.68x 3.05x Muted
Polkadot 2.32x 3.16x Ordinary
Aave 1.67x 3.41x Muted
Bittensor 1.65x 2.94x Muted
NEAR Protocol 2.00x 3.33x Muted
Aptos 2.70x 2.93x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.00x 3.24x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.02x 2.93x Muted
Filecoin 2.32x 4.03x Muted

What is the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision?

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has eight regularly scheduled meetings each year, but they can meet more often if the need should arise. The meetings are not held in public and are therefore the subject of much speculation on Wall Street, as analysts attempt to predict whether the Fed will tighten or loosen the money supply with a resulting increase or decrease in interest rates.

Every Fed Interest Rate release for XRP

Disclaimer

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