Dynamic Linkages and Economic Role of Leading Cryptocurrencies in an Emerging Market

Maurice Omane-Adjepong () and Imhotep Alagidede ()
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Maurice Omane-Adjepong: University of the Witwatersrand

Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2020, vol. 27, issue 4, No 4, 537-585

Abstract: Abstract Motivated by the exponential growth of the cryptocurrency market and the need for more empirical work to understand the dynamics of the young financial market, this paper, through time- and frequency-varying techniques examines the extent of linkages between leading cryptocurrencies and diverse traditional assets of emerging economies. Using variants of the multivariate conditional heteroscedasticity models and a dummy, we assess the economic potential, each for Bitcoin and Ripple, from the perspective of an emerging market investor. The results, from both time and frequency analyses indicate that the two major cryptocurrency assets have not yet coupled with the emerging assets, as weaker to lower-moderate correlations characterise movements of the pairs. Additionally, our results unveil a multifaceted economic benefit of Bitcoin and Ripple, however, this varies across emerging asset classes (forex and equities), country-specific assets, and regional emerging market groupings. The findings hold some implications for investors, regarding portfolio diversification and risk management.

Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Emerging assets; RWWC; Diversifier; Hedge; Safe haven (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 G11 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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