Information transmission among energy markets, cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins under pandemic conditions

Yosra Ghabri, Oussama Ben Rhouma, Marjène Gana, Khaled Guesmi and Ramzi Benkraiem

International Review of Financial Analysis, 2022, vol. 82, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates the directional causal relationship and information transmission among the returns of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent, major cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins by drawing on daily data from July 2019 to July 2020. Applying effective transfer entropy, a non-parametric statistic, the results show that the direction of the causal relationship and the nature of information spillovers changed after the COVID-19 pandemic. More precisely, our findings reveal that WTI and Brent are leading the prices of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. Conversely, Bitcoin futures and stablecoins (TrueUSD and USD Coin) are leading WTI and Brent prices. In addition, the stablecoin Tether became a leader against Brent prices after the pandemic, although it is still following WTI prices. Moreover, Ethereum and USD coin preserved their position as leaders against Brent prices. Interestingly, our results also reveal that Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple preserved their position as leaders of WTI prices. The change in the nature of directional causality and the spillover effect after the COVID-19 crisis provide valuable information for practitioners, investors, and policymakers on how the ongoing pandemic influences the connection and network correlation among the energy, cryptocurrency, and stablecoin markets.

Keywords: Information transmission; Effective transfer entropy; WTI; Brent; Cryptocurrencies; Stablecoins (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 C02 C45 G01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102197

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