What drives volatility in Bitcoin market?

Georgios Magkonis; Ey Oh; Dimitrios Bakas

doi:10.1016/j.frl.2022.103237

What drives volatility in Bitcoin market?

Georgios Magkonis, Ey Oh, Dimitrios Bakas

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance

Nottingham Trent University

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Abstract

This study aims to identify the main drivers of Bitcoin volatility. The empirical analysis is based on a dynamic Bayesian model averaging approach for twenty-two potential determinants. The results reveal that the most important factors for Bitcoin volatility are Google trends, total circulation of Bitcoins, US consumer confidence and the S&P500 index.

Original language	English
Article number	103237
Number of pages	8
Journal	Finance Research Letters
Volume	50
Early online date	6 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103237
Publication status	Published - 13 Aug 2022

Keywords

Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency markets
Volatility
Dynamic model averaging

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