Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179403 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 02/2017
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
This study empirically examines interdependencies between BitCoin and altcoin markets in the short- and long-run. We apply time-series analytical mechanisms to daily data of 17 virtual currencies (BitCoin + 16 alternative virtual currencies) and two Altcoin price indices for the period 2013-2016. Our empirical findings confirm that indeed BitCoin and Altcoin markets are interdependent. The BitCoin-Altcoin price relationship is significantly stronger in the short-run than in the long-run. We cannot fully confirm the hypothesis that the BitCoin price relationship is stronger with those Altcoins that are more similar in their price formation mechanism to BitCoin. In the long-run, macro-financial indicators determine the altcoin price formation to a greater degree than BitCoin does. The virtual currency supply is exogenous and therefore plays only a limited role in the price formation.
Subjects: 
BitCoin
altcoins
virtual currencies
price formation
supply
demand
macroeconomic development
JEL: 
E31
E42
G12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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