COVID-19 Pandemic: Is the Crypto Market a Safe Haven? The Impact of the First Wave

被引:34
作者
Vukovic, Darko [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Maiti, Moinak [4 ]
Grubisic, Zoran [5 ]
Grigorieva, Elena M. [1 ,2 ]
Froemmel, Michael [6 ]
机构
[1] Peoples Friendship Univ Russia, Fac Econ, Int Lab Finance & Financial Markets Finance, RUDN Univ, Miklukho Maklaya Str 6, Moscow 117198, Russia
[2] Peoples Friendship Univ Russia, Fac Econ, Finance & Credit Dept, RUDN Univ, Miklukho Maklaya Str 6, Moscow 117198, Russia
[3] Geog Inst Jovan Cvijic SASA, Djure Jaksica 9, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
[4] Natl Res Univ Higher Sch Econ, Dept Finance, St Petersburg Sch Econ & Management, Kantemirovskaya St 3A, St Petersburg 194100, Russia
[5] Belgrade Banking Acad, Fac Banking Insurance & Finance, Zmaj Jovina 12, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
[6] Univ Ghent, Dept Econ, Sint Pieterspl 5, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
关键词
cryptocurrency; COVID-19; safe haven; quantile regression; tether; QUANTILE REGRESSION; BITCOIN; GOLD; INVESTMENT; BEHAVIOR; DYNAMICS; MODELS; DOLLAR; HEDGE;
D O I
10.3390/su13158578
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The present study investigated whether the crypto market is a safe haven. The study argues that during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis, gold and oil, as typical global commodities, could have been diversifiers. The study developed a unique COVID-19 global composite index that measures COVID-19 pandemic time-variant movements on each day. The study used OLS (ordinary least squares), quantile, and robust regressions to check whether the COVID-19 crisis has had any significant direct influence on the crypto market. The OLS, quantile, and robust regressions estimates confirmed that there was no statistically significant direct influence of the COVID-19 crisis on the crypto market in the first wave period. However, the study found spillovers from risky assets (S&P 500) on the crypto market, with Tether as an exception. Due to this special characteristic, Tether might present a safe haven within the crypto market.
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