IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/finlet/v88y2026ics1544612325024274.html

Bitcoin futures in the Google search arena

Author

Listed:
  • Arsi, Sonia

Abstract

This paper investigates the dynamics of a multiscale relationship between Bitcoin futures and investor attention proxies using wavelet coherence analysis. Attention is measured by Google searches for Bitcoin-related keywords, disclosing specific interest, and the keywords of major competitors, Ethereum and Tether, for a more complete market perspective. The findings reveal that Bitcoin- and Ethereum-related searches exhibit pronounced coherence with trading volume across timeframes, while Tether-related searches display notable interaction only with futures returns, demonstrating news-driven behavior. Interestingly, open interest generally fails to interact with investor attention, highlighting that retail activity broadly diverges from sophisticated trading.

Suggested Citation

  • Arsi, Sonia, 2026. "Bitcoin futures in the Google search arena," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:88:y:2026:i:c:s1544612325024274
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.109178
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544612325024274
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.frl.2025.109178?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:88:y:2026:i:c:s1544612325024274. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/frl .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.