How Internet Computer reacted to the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision on 28 October 2026

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 Internet Computer moved

Internet Computer was at $2.580 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.78% higher, and an hour later 2.71% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.71% of its price, against 1.16% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Internet Computer's volatility ratio was 3.97x, against 3.24x for a typical Fed Interest Rate release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.50x, against a typical 5.08x. That is about what this release usually does. 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 Internet Computer more than those that held it: a median volatility ratio of 4.14x across 18, against 2.90x across 26. This one held it. Its own ratio of 3.97x compares with 2.90x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 44 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, Internet Computer's median volatility ratio is 3.24x.

How it compares

Across 44 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, Internet Computer's usual price swing is 3.24x. This one was 1.23 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Fed Interest Rate's usual, 3.24x. Thick line: this release, 3.97x.

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	2.59	2.58	2.58	0.00%	0.39%	0.00%	33,894 ICP
5 minutes	2.62	2.58	2.60	0.77%	1.53%	0.39%	39,095 ICP
10 minutes	2.62	2.58	2.60	0.77%	1.53%	0.77%	40,529 ICP
15 minutes	2.62	2.58	2.60	0.77%	1.53%	0.77%	42,189 ICP
30 minutes	2.62	2.58	2.60	0.77%	1.53%	1.15%	49,157 ICP
1 hour	2.65	2.58	2.65	2.64%	2.64%	1.15%	141,185 ICP
2 hours	2.67	2.58	2.67	3.37%	3.37%	1.15%	219,425 ICP
4 hours	2.69	2.58	2.66	3.01%	4.09%	1.92%	349,173 ICP
6 hours	2.69	2.58	2.65	2.64%	4.09%	2.30%	431,662 ICP
8 hours	2.69	2.55	2.66	3.38%	5.20%	2.29%	612,455 ICP
12 hours	2.69	2.52	2.57	-0.39%	6.32%	2.67%	1.049M ICP

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.

Every Fed Interest Rate release for Internet Computer

Questions about this page

Is 3.97x a lot?

For a Fed Interest Rate release it is ordinary: the usual is 3.24x. 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 Internet Computer 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.

Disclaimer

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