Exploring the hedge and safe haven properties of cryptocurrency in policy uncertainty

MB Hasan, MK Hassan, ZA Karim, MM Rashid - Finance Research Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyze the cryptocurrency policy uncertainty (UCRY Policy) effect on gold, Bitcoin, the
US dollar, DJ Islamic Index, Sukuk, and WTI returns. Using Ordinary Least Square, Quantile …

Using precious metals to hedge cryptocurrency policy and price uncertainty

MK Hassan, MB Hasan, MM Rashid - Economics Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
This study discovers a new dimension by analyzing the time-varying correlations between
the top four precious metals and cryptocurrency uncertainty indices (UCRY Policy and …

The effect of political and economic uncertainty on the cryptocurrency market

F Colon, C Kim, H Kim, W Kim - Finance Research Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
This article explores the effect of uncertainty on the cryptocurrency market. Previous work
has been limited to analyzing the effect of uncertainty on Bitcoin. We depart from the …

When Bitcoin meets economic policy uncertainty (EPU): Measuring risk spillover effect from EPU to Bitcoin

GJ Wang, C Xie, D Wen, L Zhao - Finance Research Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Bitcoin was launched to solve the distrust and uncertainty in the existing financial system.
Here we investigate risk spillover effect from economic policy uncertainty (EPU) to Bitcoin …

The relationship between the economic policy uncertainty and the cryptocurrency market

HP Cheng, KC Yen - Finance Research Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate whether the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index provided
by Baker et al.(2016) can predict cryptocurrency returns. We show that the EPU index of …

Economic policy uncertainty and Bitcoin. Is Bitcoin a safe-haven asset?

J Paule-Vianez, C Prado-Román… - European Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The goal of this work is to determine whether Bitcoin behaves as a safe-haven
asset. In order to do so, the influence of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on Bitcoin …

Does economic policy uncertainty affect cryptocurrency markets? Evidence from Twitter-based uncertainty measures

W Wu, AK Tiwari, G Gozgor, H Leping - Research in International Business …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using daily data from August 9, 2015, to July 7, 2020, this study examines the effects of
economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the returns of four cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum …

COVID-19 pandemic and economic policy uncertainty: The first test on the hedging and safe haven properties of cryptocurrencies

K Mokni, M Youssef, AN Ajmi - Research in International Business and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the role of the top-5 cryptocurrencies and gold as a hedge and safe
haven against the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) before and during the ongoing COVID …

[HTML][HTML] The cryptocurrency uncertainty index

BM Lucey, SA Vigne, L Yarovaya, Y Wang - Finance Research Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
We have developed and made available a new Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Index (UCRY)
based on news coverage. Our UCRY Index captures two types of uncertainty: that of the …

Does gold or Bitcoin hedge economic policy uncertainty?

S Wu, M Tong, Z Yang, A Derbali - Finance Research Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Calculating the hedge and safe-haven properties of gold and Bitcoin via GARCH model and
quantile regression with dummy variables. We find that:(1) Neither gold nor Bitcoin can …