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SUBMITTER: ElBahrawy A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5717631 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ElBahrawy Abeer A Alessandretti Laura L Kandler Anne A Pastor-Satorras Romualdo R Baronchelli Andrea A
Royal Society open science 20171115 11
The cryptocurrency market surpassed the barrier of $100 billion market capitalization in June 2017, after months of steady growth. Despite its increasing relevance in the financial world, a comprehensive analysis of the whole system is still lacking, as most studies have focused exclusively on the behaviour of one (Bitcoin) or few cryptocurrencies. Here, we consider the history of the entire market and analyse the behaviour of 1469 cryptocurrencies introduced between April 2013 and May 2017. We ...[more]