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The motive behind the demand for cryptocurrencies: Theoretical and empirical analysis of the Bitcoin

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Coherence distribution of Bitcoin price
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Submitted   Aug 22, 2021
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Issue    Vol 2 No 1 (2021)
DOI   10.25082/FMB.2021.01.005

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Mengshi Zhang
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences & CNCC, Beijing 102488, China
Daniel L. Jia corresponding author
Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), Beijing 100010, China

Abstract

The blockchain technology and cryptocurrency are now in the centre of the financial market. The raise of the cryptocurrencies represented by Bitcoin have attracted a large group of scholars to analyze the underlying dynamics of their price fluctuations. Intensive debate emerged on the intrinsic features of Bitcoin. In theoretical analysis, we developed the principle of monetary convention to define the concept of monetary consensus, capturing the nature of monetary system, and categorize it into three types: traditional, algorithm and hybrid. Based on the Wavelet Coherence Analysis, we try to analyze Bitcoin price dynamics in both time and frequency domains, comparing Bitcoin with financial assets, economic and financial indexes, and other cryptocurrencies.

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cryptocurrency, price dynamics, wavelet coherence

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This study is supported by the National Postdoctoral International Exchange Program Recruitment Project, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and not those of the institutes the authors are affiliated to.
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Zhang, M., & Jia, D. (2021). The motive behind the demand for cryptocurrencies: Theoretical and empirical analysis of the Bitcoin. Frontiers in Management and Business, 2(1), 101-117. https://doi.org/10.25082/FMB.2021.01.005
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