Some stylized facts of the cryptocurrency market

C-Tier
Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 2018
Volume: 50
Issue: 55
Pages: 5950-5965

Authors (4)

Wei Zhang (not in RePEc) Pengfei Wang (not in RePEc) Xiao Li (not in RePEc) Dehua Shen (Nankai University)

Score contribution per author:

0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We examine the stylized facts of eight forms of cryptocurrencies representing almost 70% of cryptocurrency market capitalization. In particular, the empirical results show that (1) there exists heavy tails for all the returns of cryptocurrencies; (2) the autocorrelations for returns decay quickly, while the autocorrelations for absolute returns decay slowly; (3) returns of cryptocurrencies display strong volatility clustering and leverage effects; (4) Hurst exponent for volatility is more volatile than that of the returns, while they all suggest the long-range dependence phenomena; and (5) there exists power-law correlation between price and volume.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:v:50:y:2018:i:55:p:5950-5965
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-29