The release
Released by the Federal Open Market Committee on 28 October 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT. The Federal Open Market Committee held its target range for the federal funds rate at 3.75–4.00%.
How Ethereum moved
Ethereum was at $2,344.92 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.07% higher, and an hour later 0.43% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.26% of its price, against 0.72% in the hour before.
Measured by Clometrix
Ethereum's volatility ratio was 2.39x, against 4.08x for a typical Fed Interest Rate release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 6.10x, against a typical 7.45x. That is a muted 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.
What made it matter
Since 2021, Fed decisions that changed the rate have moved Ethereum more than those that held it: a median volatility ratio of 5.50x across 18, against 3.47x across 29. This one held it. Its own ratio of 2.39x compares with 3.47x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.
Its record
Across 47 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, Ethereum's median volatility ratio is 4.08x.
What it means
Ethereum registered a muted reaction to the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision released on 28 October 2026. Its volatility ratio reached 2.39x, well below the 4.18x median recorded across prior releases of this event since 2021. Volume expanded 6.10x against the typical 7.50x. Price rose 0.07 percent in the first fifteen minutes and 0.43 percent after one hour, while the high-to-low range in that hour reached 1.26 percent of the opening level compared with 0.72 percent beforehand.
The outcome fits the established pattern that rate holds generate smaller moves than changes. Decisions that altered the policy rate have produced a median volatility ratio of 5.50x across 18 instances, against 3.49x across the 28 holds. The overall median across all 47 releases stands at 4.08x. The meeting omitted projections and the dot plot, which removed two usual sources of market reaction.
How it compares
Across 47 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, Ethereum's usual price swing is 4.08x. This one was 0.59 times the usual.
Thin line: Fed Interest Rate's usual, 4.08x. Thick line: this release, 2.39x.
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 | 2355.51 | 2340.12 | 2346.09 | 0.05% | 0.65% | 0.09% | 5,709 ETH |
| 5 minutes | 2355.95 | 2340.12 | 2348.28 | 0.14% | 0.67% | 0.20% | 7,509 ETH |
| 10 minutes | 2355.95 | 2340.12 | 2341.82 | -0.13% | 0.67% | 0.22% | 8,325 ETH |
| 15 minutes | 2355.95 | 2340.12 | 2346.47 | 0.07% | 0.67% | 0.32% | 8,913 ETH |
| 30 minutes | 2355.95 | 2338.93 | 2348.16 | 0.14% | 0.72% | 0.61% | 10,983 ETH |
| 1 hour | 2368.40 | 2338.93 | 2355.05 | 0.43% | 1.24% | 0.72% | 23,453 ETH |
| 2 hours | 2371.93 | 2338.93 | 2371.51 | 1.12% | 1.39% | 0.90% | 34,529 ETH |
| 4 hours | 2391.55 | 2338.93 | 2364.72 | 0.84% | 2.20% | 0.90% | 60,632 ETH |
| 6 hours | 2391.55 | 2338.93 | 2359.68 | 0.63% | 2.20% | 1.66% | 71,786 ETH |
| 8 hours | 2391.55 | 2326.77 | 2364.72 | 1.20% | 2.71% | 2.69% | 83,742 ETH |
| 12 hours | 2391.55 | 2293.44 | 2323.07 | -0.94% | 4.10% | 2.69% | 128,717 ETH |
Every coin at this release
| Coin | Price swing | Usual for Fed Interest Rate | Reaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 3.11x | 4.24x | Ordinary |
| Ethereum | 2.39x | 4.08x | Muted |
| XRP | Not measured | 3.61x | - |
| BNB | 1.93x | 3.05x | Muted |
| Solana | 2.91x | 3.11x | Ordinary |
| Dogecoin | 2.54x | 3.69x | Muted |
| TRON | 1.67x | 2.50x | Muted |
| Cardano | 2.55x | 3.31x | Ordinary |
| Chainlink | 2.44x | 3.50x | Muted |
| Sui | 4.16x | 2.91x | Strong |
| Bitcoin Cash | 3.18x | 3.19x | Ordinary |
| Hedera | 2.93x | 2.99x | Ordinary |
| Avalanche | 2.02x | 3.47x | Muted |
| Litecoin | 2.41x | 3.37x | Ordinary |
| Gram | 1.01x | 2.75x | Quiet |
| Shiba Inu | 1.99x | 3.45x | Muted |
| Uniswap | 2.53x | 3.05x | Ordinary |
| Polkadot | 3.24x | 3.16x | Ordinary |
| Aave | 3.44x | 3.41x | Ordinary |
| Bittensor | 3.00x | 2.94x | Ordinary |
| NEAR Protocol | 3.01x | 3.33x | Ordinary |
| Aptos | 2.84x | 2.93x | Ordinary |
| Internet Computer | 3.97x | 3.24x | Ordinary |
| POL (prev. MATIC) | 2.84x | 2.93x | Ordinary |
| Filecoin | 3.55x | 4.03x | Ordinary |
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.Questions about this page
Is 2.39x a lot?
For a Fed Interest Rate release it is muted: the usual is 4.08x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.
Will the next Fed Interest Rate do the same?
Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Ethereum moved in after past Fed Interest Rate releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.
Why does Bitcoin move when US economic data comes out?
Bitcoin often shows larger price swings in the minutes after major US economic reports. Those reports change expectations about interest rates, inflation and economic growth. Clometrix measures the size of the resulting price swings, not their direction. Tier 1 reports such as CPI, Core CPI and Core Inflation have a median Bitcoin price swing of 4.29x since 2021.
Which US economic reports move crypto the most?
The reports with the largest median Bitcoin price swings since 2021 are CPI, Core CPI and Core Inflation at 4.29x, the Fed Interest Rate at 4.24x, and Non-Farm Payrolls together with Non-Farm Private Payrolls and the Unemployment Rate at 3.20x. These are Tier 1. Clometrix sets tiers from the median Bitcoin price swing since 2021. Tier 1 means at least 3 times an ordinary 15 minutes.
Does Ethereum react to US data the same way Bitcoin does?
Ethereum's median price swings since 2021 are close to Bitcoin's for most reports. For CPI, Core CPI and Core Inflation the median is 4.37x for Ethereum and 4.29x for Bitcoin. For the Fed Interest Rate it is 4.08x versus 4.24x.
What time does the Fed announce its interest rate decision?
The Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET. Clometrix measures the 15 minutes from that statement. The median Bitcoin price swing for the Fed Interest Rate since 2021 is 4.24x across 47 releases. Clometrix shows each release in the reader's own time zone.
Does Clometrix measure the Fed chair's press conference?
No. Clometrix measures the 15 minutes from the 2:00 p.m. statement. It does not measure the press conference separately. The Fed Interest Rate has a median Bitcoin price swing of 4.24x since 2021.
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