Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/275137 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Risk and Financial Management [ISSN:] 1911-8074 [Volume:] 16 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 41 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 1-15
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
This article examines the asymmetric volatility spillover effects between Bitcoin and alternative coin markets at the disaggregate level. We apply a frequency connectedness approach to the daily data of 11 major cryptocurrencies for the period from 1 September 2017 to 2 March 2022. We try to uncover the existence of the "fear of missing out" psychological effect and "pump-and-dump schemes" in the crypto markets. To do that, we estimate the volatility spillovers from Bitcoin to altcoin and the cryptos' own risk spillovers during bull and bear markets. The spillover results from Bitcoin to altcoin provide mixed results regarding the presence of this theory for major cryptocurrencies. However, the empirical findings carried out by the cryptos' own spillover effects fully confirm the existence of a fear-of-missing-out effect and pump-and-dump schemes in all cryptocurrencies except for USDT.
Subjects: 
cryptocurrency
bitcoin
altcoin
asymmetric volatility spillover
frequency connectedness
JEL: 
C32
E42
E49
G14
G41
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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