The release
Released by the Department of Labor on 23 April 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 214K for the week ending 18th Apr, from 207K in the week ending 11th Apr.
It arrived at the same moment as Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.
How Polkadot moved
Polkadot was at $1.250 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.8% of its price, against 0% in the hour before.
Measured by Clometrix
Polkadot's volume ratio was 0.92x, against a typical 1.55x. 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, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Polkadot about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.41x across 91, against 1.26x across 203. This one came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 29 April rate decision.
Its record
Across 294 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Polkadot's median volatility ratio is 1.31x.
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 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 16,977 DOT |
| 5 minutes | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 30,185 DOT |
| 10 minutes | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 38,325 DOT |
| 15 minutes | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 45,260 DOT |
| 30 minutes | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.80% | 0.00% | 136,447 DOT |
| 1 hour | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.80% | 0.00% | 254,392 DOT |
| 2 hours | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.80% | 0.80% | 499,873 DOT |
| 4 hours | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.80% | 0.80% | 1.268M DOT |
| 6 hours | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.22 | -2.46% | 3.20% | 1.59% | 2.638M DOT |
| 8 hours | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 0.00% | 0.80% | 2.34% | 2.164M DOT |
| 12 hours | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.24 | -0.81% | 3.20% | 3.13% | 4.152M DOT |
Every coin at this release
| Coin | Price swing | Usual for Initial Claims | Reaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 0.74x | 1.52x | Quiet |
| Ethereum | 0.58x | 1.47x | Quiet |
| XRP | Not measured | 1.18x | - |
| BNB | 0.53x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Solana | 0.58x | 1.39x | Quiet |
| Dogecoin | 0.62x | 1.39x | Quiet |
| TRON | 1.76x | 1.33x | Strong |
| Cardano | 0.75x | 1.35x | Quiet |
| Chainlink | 0.99x | 1.43x | Quiet |
| Sui | 0.53x | 1.24x | Quiet |
| Bitcoin Cash | 0.46x | 1.34x | Quiet |
| Hedera | 1.04x | 1.32x | Quiet |
| Avalanche | 0.50x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Litecoin | 1.00x | 1.38x | Quiet |
| Gram | 0.00x | 1.02x | Quiet |
| Shiba Inu | 0.67x | 1.34x | Quiet |
| Uniswap | 0.00x | 1.35x | Quiet |
| Polkadot | Not measured | 1.31x | - |
| Aave | 0.82x | 1.38x | Quiet |
| Bittensor | 1.54x | 1.41x | Ordinary |
| NEAR Protocol | Not measured | 1.24x | - |
| Aptos | 0.75x | 1.41x | Quiet |
| Internet Computer | 1.00x | 1.46x | Quiet |
| POL (prev. MATIC) | 0.99x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Filecoin | 0.33x | 1.27x | Quiet |
What is Initial Jobless Claims?
The weekly claims report is released Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Initial claims are new jobless claims filed by U.S. workers seeking unemployment compensation, included in the unemployment insurance weekly claims report. The report, published since 1967, includes a separate count of workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits, known as continuing claims.Disclaimer
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