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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction to cryptocurrencies -- Blockchain and economic transactions -- An analysis of … cryptocurrencies -- The Wild West of ICOs -- The ethical and legal aspects of blockchain technology and cryptoassets -- The … development of both cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. This will not be confined to simply the investment potential …
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Investor and media attention in Bitcoin has increased substantially in recently years, reflected by the incredible surge in news articles and considerable rise in the price of Bitcoin. Given the increased attention, there little is known about the behaviour of Bitcoin prices and therefore we add...
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This paper examines the volatility of Bitcoin as well as shedding light on the forecasting ability of GARCH models and HAR models in the Bitcoin market. We find no evidence of the leverage effect in Bitcoin and that the HAR models are superior in modelling Bitcoin volatility to traditional GARCH...
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This paper contributes to the literature on cryptocurrencies, portfolio management and estimation risk by comparing the performance of naïve diversification, Markowitz diversification and the advanced Black-Litterman model with VBCs that controls for estimation errors in a portfolio of...
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This paper contributes to the literature on cryptocurrencies by examining the performance of naïve (1/N) and optimal (Markowitz) diversification in a portfolio of four popular cryptocurrencies. We employ weekly data with weekly rebalancing and show there is very little to select between naïve...
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This paper carries out a comprehensive examination of technical trading rules in cryptocurrency markets, using data from two Bitcoin markets and three other popular cryptocurrencies. We employ almost 15,000 technical trading rules from the main five classes of technical trading rules and find...
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