Study compares altcoins to Bitcoin, analyzing their features and market performance.
problem Comparing altcoins to Bitcoin to understand market performance and features.
method Used Google Trend data, price, volume, and market capitalization data from coinmarketcap.com.
result Features of Litecoin, Zcash, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Bitcoin Gold affect market performance and user preferences.
Study finds time-varying volatility and multifractality in Bitcoin, with asymmetry weakening as market efficiency increases.
problem Investigating time-varying properties of Bitcoin's volatility and multifractality.
method Rolling window method to examine daily Bitcoin returns and multifractal properties over time.
result Volatility asymmetry in Bitcoin changes over time, becoming less pronounced as market efficiency increases.
Study evaluates cryptocurrency markets, focusing on Bitcoin.
problem Evaluating financial markets, especially during crises.
method Multiple-bubble testing approach.
result Identifies Bitcoin's multiple bubbles during economic periods.
Study tests if equity factors explain Bitcoin's risk and returns.
problem Explaining Bitcoin's risk and return with equity factors.
method Applied statistical methods to test Fama-French factors on Bitcoin's excess returns.
result Fama-French factors have explanatory power on Bitcoin's risk and returns.
Paper compares ETF and futures carry rates in segmented Bitcoin markets.
problem Limitations in cross-margining between spot Bitcoin and CME futures.
method Estimates carry rates from IBIT options and CME futures, uses put-call parity and daily ETF holdings.
result Mean and median wedge in carry rates is 2.58 and 2.52 percent, respectively.
This paper examines Bitcoin's price predictability, finding inefficiencies under certain conditions.
problem Predictability of Bitcoin's price movements.
method Theoretical reviews, empirical analyses, machine learning approaches, time series modeling.
result Bitcoin's market tends toward efficiency but shows exploitable inefficiencies under specific conditions.
Model predicts Bitcoin prices influenced by market attention.
problem Predicting Bitcoin prices considering market attention.
method Model uses a mean-reverting Cox-Ingersoll-Ross process to model market attention, affecting Bitcoin volatility with a delay.
result The model provides semi-closed formulae for European call and put prices, and compares favorably to other models.
Study shows changes in information sharing between Bitcoin markets during 2017 crash.
problem Understanding information dynamics in Bitcoin markets during the 2017 crash.
method Analysis of high-frequency market-microstructure observables using information theoretic measures.
result Temporal changes in information sharing across markets, including predictability, memory, and synchronous coupling.
Study finds Binance's tether-margined contracts significantly impact bitcoin volatility.
problem Understanding volatility transmission in the crypto market, especially through Binance.
method Analyzing high-frequency realised volatility dynamics and spillovers in bitcoin market pairs.
result Binance's tether-margined contracts are the primary source of volatility and transmit strong flows.
Study finds Bitcoin market efficient, no exploitable inefficiencies with neural networks.
problem Investigating market inefficiencies in Bitcoin using neural networks.
method Used a feedforward neural network with various asset-related input features.
result Adding more features does not improve prediction accuracy, and one feature set outperforms a buy-and-hold strategy.
This study compares three volatility metrics for Bitcoin, highlighting high expected volatility.
problem Understanding Bitcoin's volatility in financial markets.
method Historical volatility, forecasted volatility (GARCH models), and implied volatility (from options market).
result High expected volatility across all methodologies, especially implied volatility.
Bitcoin's integration with major financial indices intensifies, suggesting a shift from alternative to integrated asset.
problem Understanding Bitcoin's evolving role in financial markets and its correlation dynamics.
method Rolling-window correlation, static correlation coefficients, and event-study framework on daily data from 2018 to 2025.
result Correlation levels between Bitcoin and major indices reached 0.87 in 2024, indicating a more integrated role.
Bitcoin option prices reflect both market maker supply and trader demand, especially from those with insider information.
problem Understanding how market prices of bitcoin options are influenced by both market makers and informed traders.
method Analysis of Deribit options tick-level data to identify supply and demand effects.
result At-the-money option prices are driven by volatility traders, while out-of-the-money options are influenced by both volatility traders and those with insider information.
Study shows Bitcoin security tied to mining rewards and prices.
problem Understanding Bitcoin security's dependency on market outcomes.
method Used ARDL approach with daily blockchain and Bitcoin data from 2014-2019.
result Bitcoin security outcomes linked to Bitcoin price and mining rewards.
This paper analyses the relationship between BitCoin price and supply-demand fundamentals of BitCoin, global macro-financial indicators and BitCoin attractiveness for investors. Using daily data for the period 2009-2014 and applying time-series analytical mechanisms, we find that BitCoin market fundamentals and BitCoin…
Much significant research has been done to investigate various facets of the link between Bitcoin price and its fundamental sources. This study goes beyond by looking into least to most influential factors-across the fundamental, macroeconomic, financial, speculative and technical determinants as well as the 2016 event…
SVAR-LiNGAM reveals causal order in crypto-asset markets.
problem Understanding the causal relationships between spot rates and crypto-assets.
method Applied SVAR-LiNGAM to analyze spot exchange rates and crypto-asset exchange rates.
result Causal order found: EUR_USD spot rate -> Bitcoin -> Ethereum -> Ripple.
This letter investigates the dynamic relationship between market efficiency, liquidity, and multifractality of Bitcoin. We find that before 2013 liquidity is low and the Hurst exponent is less than 0.5, indicating that the Bitcoin time series is anti-persistent. After 2013, as liquidity increased, the Hurst exponent ro…
Paper predicts cryptocurrency bull and bear phases using Bitcoin's moving averages.
problem Determining cryptocurrency bull and bear phases based on Bitcoin performance.
method Employing predictive algorithms to forecast Bitcoin's 50 Day and 200 Day Moving Averages.
result Predicted data from Bitcoin's moving averages helps identify potential bull and bear phases.
Based on 1-minute price changes recorded since year 2012, the fluctuation properties of the rapidly-emerging Bitcoin (BTC) market are assessed over chosen sub-periods, in terms of return distributions, volatility autocorrelation, Hurst exponents and multiscaling effects. The findings are compared to the stylized facts …
Investors in Bitcoin exhibit the disposition effect, selling winners and holding losers.
problem The disposition effect in cryptoassets, specifically Bitcoin.
method Using transaction data from cryptoasset exchanges, the study investigated Bitcoin investors' behavior.
result Bitcoin investors exhibit the disposition effect, with intensity varying over time.
New PU ratio predicts long-term Bitcoin returns better than other methods.
problem Lack of convincing proxies for cryptocurrency fundamentals.
method Developed a new market-to-fundamental ratio (PU ratio) using blockchain accounting methods.
result PU ratio effectively predicts long-term Bitcoin returns compared to alternative methods.
The uncertainties in future Bitcoin price make it difficult to accurately predict the price of Bitcoin. Accurately predicting the price for Bitcoin is therefore important for decision-making process of investors and market players in the cryptocurrency market. Using historical data from 01/01/2012 to 16/08/2019, machin…
The study analyzes Bitcoin market volatility using GARCH models and external information.
problem Modeling time-varying volatility in Bitcoin market.
method Combines GARCH models with a mixture of distribution hypothesis using external information.
result The simplest GARCH(1,1) model performs best in predicting volatility with external signal.
Study finds monetary policy uncertainty negatively impacts Bitcoin returns.
problem Impact of monetary policy and uncertainty on cryptocurrencies market.
method Markov Switching Means VAR (MSM-VAR) method.
result Monetary policy uncertainty leads to a decline in Bitcoin returns.
ETF approval boosts Bitcoin's correlation with equities, stabilizes with gold, and maintains negative correlation with fiat currencies.
problem Impact of Bitcoin ETF approval on Bitcoin's relationships with traditional assets.
method Rolling correlation analysis, Chow tests, and DCC-GARCH models.
result Bitcoin's correlation with equities increased significantly post-ETF approval, while its relationship with gold stabilized and remained negatively correlated with fiat currencies.
2024 saw Bitcoin ETF approval, offering regulated exposure.
problem Understanding unique liquidity risks in Bitcoin ETFs.
method Analyzed premium/discount patterns in first four months.
result Premium/discount behavior differs from traditional ETFs.
In recent years a new type of tradable assets appeared, generically known as cryptocurrencies. Among them, the most widespread is Bitcoin. Given its novelty, this paper investigates some statistical properties of the Bitcoin market. This study compares Bitcoin and standard currencies dynamics and focuses on the analysi…
This paper presents an agent-based artificial cryptocurrency market in which heterogeneous agents buy or sell cryptocurrencies, in particular Bitcoins. In this market, there are two typologies of agents, Random Traders and Chartists, which interact with each other by trading Bitcoins. Each agent is initially endowed wi…
This paper investigates the effects of the launch of Bitcoin futures on the intraday volatility of Bitcoin. Based on one-minute price data collected from four cryptocurrency exchanges, we first examine the change in realized volatility after the introduction of Bitcoin futures to investigate their aggregate effects on …
Paper models Bitcoin market dynamics using 1+1D field theory.
problem Understanding stylized facts in Bitcoin markets.
method Collects order-book datasets, applies KPZ-like stochastic equations.
result Predicts order book dynamics with high precision.
We show that the behaviour of Bitcoin has interesting similarities to stock and precious metal markets, such as gold and silver. We report that whilst Litecoin, the second largest cryptocurrency, closely follows Bitcoin's behaviour, it does not show all the reported properties of Bitcoin. Agreements between apparently …
Paper forecasts extreme Bitcoin volatility spikes using whale transactions and CryptoQuant data.
problem Forecasting extreme volatility spikes in Bitcoin market.
method Proposes Synthesizer Transformer model for forecasting.
result Model outperforms state-of-the-art models in forecasting extreme volatility spikes.
Bitcoin returns exhibit a distinct inverse cubic law scaling behavior.
problem Investigating the scaling properties of Bitcoin price returns.
method Analysis of recent Bitcoin data to determine tail index and autocorrelation of absolute returns.
result The tail index of Bitcoin returns changes to approximately 3, consistent with the inverse cubic law.
This study introduces a new GAS blending ensemble model for Bitcoin price prediction.
problem Predicting Bitcoin price fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market.
method Integrates advanced ensemble learning methods, feature selection algorithms, and sentiment analysis.
result The GAS model demonstrates excellent performance in daily Bitcoin trend prediction.
Over the past decade, the blockchain technology and its Bitcoin cryptocurrency have received considerable attention. Bitcoin has experienced significant price swings in daily and long-term valuations. In this paper, we propose a partial differential equation (PDE) model on the bitcoin transaction network for predicting…
We present a thorough empirical analysis of market impact on the Bitcoin/USD exchange market using a complete dataset that allows us to reconstruct more than one million metaorders. We empirically confirm the "square-root law'' for market impact, which holds on four decades in spite of the quasi-absence of statistical …
Study examines liquidation, leverage, and optimal margin requirements in Bitcoin futures markets.
problem Understanding and optimizing margin requirements in Bitcoin futures markets.
method Empirical analysis using generalized extreme value theory and BitMEX data.
result Margin requirements need to be significantly higher to reduce daily margin calls.
This paper examines how wash traders exploit market conditions in Bitcoin, finding strategic timing and spillover effects.
problem Wash trading in cryptocurrency markets to inflate volume and manipulate market conditions.
method Analysis of 18 million Mt. Gox transactions, exogenous demand shock study.
result Wash trading intensifies in low legitimate trading volume and responds to demand shocks, indicating strategic behavior.
Bitcoin's attention is linked to Google Trends data, not general uncertainty.
problem Bitcoin's correlation with Google Trends data was previously misunderstood.
method Analyzed bidirectional relationships between Bitcoin returns and Google Trends attention over six days.
result Information flows from Bitcoin volatility to Google Trends attention, not the other way.
Collectivistic countries influence Bitcoin returns more than individualistic ones during the pandemic.
problem The impact of public attention to COVID-19 on Bitcoin returns.
method Rolling and recursive-evolving algorithms to account for timing and estimation bias.
result Collectivistic countries have stronger causal impacts on Bitcoin returns.
The bitcoin price has surged in recent years and it has also exhibited phases of rapid decay. In this paper we address the question to what extent this novel cryptocurrency market can be viewed as a classic or semi-efficient market. Novel and robust tools for estimation of multi-fractal properties are used to show that…
The study identifies key factors affecting cryptocurrency prices, including market beta, trading volume, and volatility.
problem Understanding the factors influencing cryptocurrency prices and their dynamics over time.
method ARDL technique and error-correction models applied to weekly data of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin, and Monero from 2010-2018.
result Cryptomarket-related factors are significant determinants of cryptocurrency prices in both short- and long-run, while attractiveness matters only in the long-run.
This paper examines Bitcoin's unique market properties and the leverage effect.
problem Exploring stylized facts of Bitcoin returns and its statistical properties.
method Analysis of historical BTC-USD exchange rate data from 2013 to 2020.
result Bitcoin exhibits the leverage effect, distinguishing two regimes in its dynamics.
In January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto gave rise to the "Bitcoin Block Chain" creating the first block of the chain hashing on his computers central processing unit (CPU). Since then, the hash calculations to mine Bitcoin have been getting more and more complex, and consequently the mining hardware evolved to adapt to th…
Analyzed Bitcoin market index volatility changes over two distinct periods using anomalous diffusion and multifractal analysis.
problem Characterizing volatility changes in Bitcoin market index over two distinct periods.
method Analyzed high-frequency Bitcoin data from 2019 to 2022, using anomalous diffusion and multifractal analysis.
result Volatility changes from subdiffusion to weak superdiffusion over time, with multifractal and self-similar properties.
This study examines whether the efficiency of cryptocurrency markets (Bitcoin and Ethereum) evolve over time based on Lo's (2004) adaptive market hypothesis (AMH). In particular, we measure the degree of market efficiency using a generalized least squares-based time-varying model that does not depend on sample size, un…
Cryptocurrencies are distributed systems that allow exchanges of native tokens among participants, or the exchange of such tokens for fiat currencies in markets external to these public ledgers. The availability of their complete historical bookkeeping opens up the possibility of understanding the relationship between …