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The implication of cryptocurrency volatility on five largest African financial system stability

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  • Tonuchi E. Joseph

    (Central Bank of Nigeria)

  • Atif Jahanger

    (Hainan University
    Hainan University)

  • Joshua Chukwuma Onwe

    (Federal Polytechnic Ohodo
    Nnamdi Azikiwe University)

  • Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente

    (University of Castilla La Mancha
    Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management
    Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC))

Abstract

This study examined the interconnectedness and volatility correlation between cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets in the five largest African countries, addressing concerns about potential spillover effects, especially the high volatility and lack of regulation in the cryptocurrency market. The study employed both diagonal BEKK-GARCH and DCC-GARCH to analyze the existence of spillover effects and correlation between both markets. A daily time series dataset from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2021, was employed to analyze the contagion effect. Our findings reveal a significant spillover effect from cryptocurrency to the African traditional financial market; however, the percentage spillover effect is still low but growing. Specifically, evidence is insufficient to suggest a spillover effect from cryptocurrency to Egypt and Morocco’s financial markets, at least in the short run. Evidence in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya indicates a moderate but growing spillover effect from cryptocurrency to the financial market. Similarly, we found no evidence of a spillover effect from the African financial market to the cryptocurrency market. The conditional correlation result from the DCC-GARCH revealed a positive low to moderate correlation between cryptocurrency volatility and the African financial market. Specifically, the DCC-GARCH revealed a greater integration in both markets, especially in the long run. The findings have policy implications for financial regulators concerning the dynamics of both markets and for investors interested in portfolio diversification within the two markets.

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  • Tonuchi E. Joseph & Atif Jahanger & Joshua Chukwuma Onwe & Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente, 2024. "The implication of cryptocurrency volatility on five largest African financial system stability," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 10(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:fininn:v:10:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1186_s40854-023-00580-5
    DOI: 10.1186/s40854-023-00580-5
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