Dynamic Network Perspective of Cryptocurrencies

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Cryptocurrencies are becoming an attractive asset class and are the focus of recent quantitative research. The joint dynamics of the cryptocurrency market yields information on network risk. Utilizing the adaptive LASSO approach, we build a dynamic network of cryptocurrencies and model the latent communities with a dynamic stochastic blockmodel. We develop a dynamic covariate-assisted spectral clustering method to uniformly estimate the latent group membership of cryptocurrencies consistently. We show that return inter-predictability and crypto characteristics, including hashing algorithms and proof types, jointly determine the crypto market segmentation. Based on this classification result, it is natural to employ eigenvector centrality to identify a cryptocurrency’s idiosyncratic risk. An asset pricing analysis finds that a cross-sectional portfolio with a higher centrality earns a higher risk premium. Further tests confirm that centrality serves as a risk factor well and delivers valuable information content on cryptocurrency markets.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IRTG 1792 Discussion Paper ; No. 2019-009

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Mathematical and Quantitative Methods: General
• Subject: Community Detection ; Dynamic Stochastic Blockmodel ; Spectral Clustering ; Node Covariate ; Return Predictability ; Portfolio Management

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Guo, Li ; Tao, Yubo ; Härdle, Wolfgang Karl
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, International Research Training Group 1792 "High Dimensional Nonstationary Time Series"
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230785
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