Cryptocurrency Market Reactions to Regulatory News

Raphael Auer and Stijn Claessens ()

No 8228, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Cryptocurrencies are often thought to operate out of the reach of national regulation, but in fact their valuations, transaction volumes and user bases react substantially to news about regulatory actions. The impact depends on the specific regulatory category to which the news relates: events related to general bans on cryptocurrencies or to their treatment under securities law have the greatest adverse effect, followed by news on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, and on restricting the interoperability of cryptocurrencies with regulated markets. News pointing to the establishment of specific legal frameworks tailored to cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings coincides with strong market gains. These results suggest that cryptocurrency markets rely on regulated financial institutions to operate and that these markets are segmented across jurisdictions.

Keywords: digital currencies; cryptocurrencies; bitcoin; ethereum; distributed ledger technology; regulation; financial markets; event studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 E51 F31 G12 G28 G32 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-gen, nep-law, nep-mac, nep-mon, nep-ore, nep-pay and nep-reg
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