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Was the ICO Boom just a Sideshow of the Bitcoin and Ether Momentum?

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  • Allen, Franklin
  • Fatás, Antonio
  • Weder di Mauro, Beatrice

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We investigate whether the market for ICOs in 2017-2018 showed signs of contagion from prices of the largest cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin and Ether). We find evidence that during phases of optimism, ICO daily returns display low correlations with those of Bitcoin or Ether. But when the bubble bursts, correlations jump to very high levels, signaling that the ICO market becomes a sideshow of the cryptocurrency dynamics. We show that the same dynamics were present in 2021 when Bitcoin and Ether went through a similar episode. We demonstrate that this high correlation was not present during the Nasdaq bubble in the 1990s, signaling that the price dynamics of digital tokens seems to be driven by a common factor, much more than in previous bubbles.

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  • Allen, Franklin & Fatás, Antonio & Weder di Mauro, Beatrice, 2022. "Was the ICO Boom just a Sideshow of the Bitcoin and Ether Momentum?," CEPR Discussion Papers 16908, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:16908
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    2. Mirzat Ullah, 2024. "Dynamic Connectedness between Crypto and Conventional Financial Assets: Novel Findings from Russian Financial Market," Journal of Applied Economic Research, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, vol. 23(1), pages 110-135.
    3. Anton Miglo, 2022. "Choice between IEO and ICO: Speed vs. Liquidity vs. Risk," FinTech, MDPI, vol. 1(3), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Ravi Kashyap, 2024. "The Concentration Risk Indicator: Raising the Bar for Financial Stability and Portfolio Performance Measurement," Papers 2408.07271, arXiv.org.

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    JEL classification:

    • E40 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - General
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General

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