Transitions in the cryptocurrency market during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis.

ABSTRACT: In this letter, we identify the transitions of the cryptocurrency market during the pandemic by means of a network analysis. This method allows us to observe that COVID-19 significantly affected cryptocurrencies during a short period of financial panic, from 12 March 2020 to 1 April 2020, giving rise to a remarkable increase of market synchronisation. However, since April 2020, the cryptocurrency market progressively recovered its initial state, since the strong synchronisation, observed as a consequence of COVID-19, continuously disappeared. Therefore, our analysis highlights different market phases, which can be related to some of the phenomena reported in the existing literature.

SUBMITTER: Vidal-Tomas D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8597403 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature