Persistence in the cryptocurrency market

This paper examines persistence in the cryptocurrency market. Two different long-memory methods (R/S analysis and fractional integration) are used to analyse it in the case of the four main cryptocurrencies (BitCoin, LiteCoin, Ripple, Dash) over the sample period 2013–2017. The findings indicate tha...

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Authors: Caporale, G.M. (Guglielmo M.)|||/items/9eec80b9-3717-46f0-a5da-1d38cae16ad1, Gil-Alana, L.A. (Luis A.)|||/items/a283ece6-b578-452c-9362-8d1a6255b23c, Plastun, A. (Alex)|||/items/3705bbed-8c39-4920-9adc-b09024b01435
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Navarra
Repository:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/65727
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/65727
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Crypto currency
BitCoin
Persistence
Long memory
R/S analysis
Fractional integration
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Summary:This paper examines persistence in the cryptocurrency market. Two different long-memory methods (R/S analysis and fractional integration) are used to analyse it in the case of the four main cryptocurrencies (BitCoin, LiteCoin, Ripple, Dash) over the sample period 2013–2017. The findings indicate that this market exhibits persistence (there is a positive correlation between its past and future values), and that its degree changes over time. Such predictability represents evidence of market inefficiency: trend trading strategies can be used to generate abnormal profits in the cryptocurrency market.