How Hedera reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 12 February 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Hedera's price swung 1.87 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.32 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.98% higher.

1.87x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
2.41x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.56x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.094550
15 minutes later
+1.15%
One hour later
+0.98%
range 1.32%, hour before 0.99%
HBAR/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.090550
Close
0.092610
24h change
2.22%
24h high
0.096690
24h low
0.090000
24h volume
170.098M HBAR

Measured by Clometrix

Hedera's volatility ratio was 1.87x, against 1.32x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.41x, against a typical 1.56x. 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 Hedera moved

Hedera was at $0.094550 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.15% higher, and an hour later 0.98% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.32% of its price, against 0.99% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 12 February 2026 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims was unchanged at 230K for the week ending 7th Feb.

It arrived at the same moment as Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Hedera about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.37x across 94, against 1.31x across 209. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.87x compares with 1.31x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Hedera's median volatility ratio is 1.32x.

How it compares

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Hedera's usual price swing is 1.32x. This one was 1.42 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.32x. Thick line: this release, 1.87x.

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 0.09519 0.09455 0.09501 0.48% 0.67% 0.04% 363,034 HBAR
5 minutes 0.09521 0.09455 0.09504 0.52% 0.69% 0.67% 714,161 HBAR
10 minutes 0.09523 0.09455 0.09522 0.70% 0.71% 0.71% 1.094M HBAR
15 minutes 0.09564 0.09455 0.09564 1.14% 1.14% 0.80% 3.066M HBAR
30 minutes 0.09574 0.09455 0.09574 1.24% 1.24% 0.80% 4.153M HBAR
1 hour 0.0958 0.09455 0.09548 0.97% 1.30% 0.99% 6.358M HBAR
2 hours 0.09599 0.09423 0.09522 0.70% 1.83% 2.13% 16.99M HBAR
4 hours 0.09599 0.09037 0.0912 -3.67% 5.85% 2.72% 47.811M HBAR
6 hours 0.09599 0.09 0.09134 -3.51% 6.24% 3.97% 65.645M HBAR
8 hours 0.09669 0.09037 0.0912 -4.04% 6.54% 5.33% 85.974M HBAR
12 hours 0.09599 0.09 0.09261 -2.09% 6.24% 6.89% 98.398M HBAR

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.56x 1.50x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.27x 1.46x Quiet
XRP 0.99x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.37x 1.42x Quiet
Solana 1.55x 1.38x Ordinary
Dogecoin 2.27x 1.38x Strong
TRON 1.01x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 2.02x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 1.58x 1.43x Ordinary
Sui 1.80x 1.24x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 1.23x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.87x 1.32x Strong
Avalanche 1.41x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 1.50x 1.39x Ordinary
Gram 1.00x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.50x 1.33x Quiet
Uniswap 0.99x 1.34x Quiet
Polkadot 1.00x 1.32x Quiet
Aave 1.34x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 1.28x 1.40x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.16x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 0.87x 1.41x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.01x 1.45x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.66x 1.40x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.18x 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.

Every Initial Claims release for Hedera

Questions about this page

Is 1.87x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is strong: the usual is 1.32x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Initial Claims do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Hedera moved in after past Initial Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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