Ethereum's volatility ratio was 4.30x, against 1.80x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 7.89x, against a typical 2.15x. That is more than twice 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.
Ethereum was at $4,367.55 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.58% higher, and an hour later 0.56% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.99% of its price, against 0.83% in the hour before.
Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 August 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at 0.4% for July 2025, against 0.3% in June 2025. Personal income is rising faster than before.
It arrived at the same moment as Personal Consumption Expenditures and Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.
Since 2021, Personal Income releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Ethereum about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.86x across 18, against 1.77x across 51. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 4.30x compares with 1.77x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.
Across 69 Personal Income releases since 2021, Ethereum's median volatility ratio is 1.80x.
Ethereum recorded an exceptional reaction to the 29 August Personal Income release, posting a volatility ratio of 4.30x in the quarter hour after the print against the 1.80x median observed across 69 releases since 2021. Volume expanded to 7.89x versus the typical 2.15x, confirming the move exceeded twice the event norm.
At the 8:30 AM EDT release Ethereum traded at $4,367.55. The price rose 0.58 percent in the first fifteen minutes and remained 0.56 percent higher after one hour, while the high-to-low range widened to 1.99 percent of spot from 0.83 percent in the prior hour. The reading arrived alongside PCE and Core PCE prints, so the measured response reflects the combined release.
This instance fell outside the two-week window ahead of the September Federal Reserve decision. Releases in that window have historically produced a median volatility ratio of 1.86x, little different from the 1.77x median at other times. The 4.30x outcome therefore stood apart from both the event baseline and the timing pattern. A trader reviewing the next Personal Income release can observe that volatility can still depart markedly from the record even when no policy meeting is imminent, though the data supply no basis for anticipating the size of any future move.
Personal Income measures the change in the total value of income received from all sources by consumers. Income is closely correlated with consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity.
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Ethereum
Open
4,509.90Close
4,349.3924h Change
-160.51 (-3.69%)24h High
4,510.9624h Low
4,265.0024h Volume
678,074 ETHUS Personal Income and Outlays
Bureau of Economic Analysis
29th August, 2025, 8:30AM Timezone: America/New York
Chart Data from Binance
| Time | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | Amplitude | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Minute | |||||||
| Before | 4366.00 | 4368.60 | 4365.29 | 4367.56 | 0.04% | 0.08% | 679 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4436.00 | 4367.55 | 4434.39 | 1.51% | 1.54% | 10,478 ETH |
| 5 Minutes | |||||||
| Before | 4370.16 | 4370.17 | 4363.89 | 4367.56 | -0.06% | 0.14% | 2,352 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4367.55 | 4410.00 | 0.96% | 1.95% | 25,850 ETH |
| 10 Minutes | |||||||
| Before | 4360.85 | 4371.85 | 4358.25 | 4367.56 | 0.15% | 0.31% | 4,644 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4367.55 | 4405.74 | 0.87% | 1.95% | 37,647 ETH |
| 15 Minutes | |||||||
| Before | 4367.62 | 4371.85 | 4357.64 | 4367.56 | 0.00% | 0.33% | 6,604 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4367.55 | 4392.80 | 0.57% | 1.95% | 42,276 ETH |
| 30 Minutes | |||||||
| Before | 4346.48 | 4371.85 | 4346.48 | 4367.56 | 0.48% | 0.58% | 11,481 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4367.55 | 4407.38 | 0.90% | 1.95% | 50,124 ETH |
| 1 Hour | |||||||
| Before | 4342.09 | 4371.85 | 4335.72 | 4367.56 | 0.58% | 0.83% | 18,507 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4367.55 | 4392.05 | 0.56% | 1.95% | 60,094 ETH |
| 2 Hours | |||||||
| Before | 4359.00 | 4371.85 | 4333.80 | 4367.56 | 0.20% | 0.87% | 43,595 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4265.00 | 4296.49 | -1.65% | 4.25% | 142,308 ETH |
| 4 Hours | |||||||
| Before | 4358.60 | 4372.72 | 4318.57 | 4367.56 | 0.21% | 1.24% | 118,750 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4265.00 | 4333.74 | -0.78% | 4.25% | 222,244 ETH |
| 6 Hours | |||||||
| Before | 4453.89 | 4473.17 | 4318.57 | 4367.56 | -1.98% | 3.46% | 232,490 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4265.00 | 4314.84 | -1.22% | 4.25% | 266,340 ETH |
| 8 Hours | |||||||
| Before | 4509.90 | 4510.96 | 4355.98 | 4358.60 | -3.47% | 3.44% | 210,708 ETH |
| During | 4358.60 | 4454.40 | 4265.00 | 4333.74 | -0.57% | 4.25% | 340,993 ETH |
| 12 Hours | |||||||
| Before | 4509.90 | 4510.96 | 4318.57 | 4367.56 | -3.26% | 4.26% | 329,457 ETH |
| During | 4367.55 | 4454.40 | 4265.00 | 4349.39 | -0.42% | 4.25% | 348,617 ETH |