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Main Authors: Ghosh, Asim, Biswas, Soumyajyoti, Chakrabarti, Bikas K.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03676
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author Ghosh, Asim
Biswas, Soumyajyoti
Chakrabarti, Bikas K.
author_facet Ghosh, Asim
Biswas, Soumyajyoti
Chakrabarti, Bikas K.
contents We study the fluctuations, particularly the inequality of fluctuations, in cryptocurrency prices over the last ten years. We calculate the inequality in the price fluctuations through different measures, such as the Gini and Kolkata indices, and also the $Q$ factor (given by the ratio between the highest value and the average value) of these fluctuations. We compare the results with the equivalent quantities in some of the more prominent national currencies and see that while the fluctuations (or inequalities in such fluctuations) for cryptocurrencies were initially significantly higher than national currencies, over time the fluctuation levels of cryptocurrencies tend towards the levels characteristic of national currencies. We also compare similar quantities for a few prominent stock prices.
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spellingShingle Signature of maturity in cryptocurrency volatility
Ghosh, Asim
Biswas, Soumyajyoti
Chakrabarti, Bikas K.
Physics and Society
Computational Finance
We study the fluctuations, particularly the inequality of fluctuations, in cryptocurrency prices over the last ten years. We calculate the inequality in the price fluctuations through different measures, such as the Gini and Kolkata indices, and also the $Q$ factor (given by the ratio between the highest value and the average value) of these fluctuations. We compare the results with the equivalent quantities in some of the more prominent national currencies and see that while the fluctuations (or inequalities in such fluctuations) for cryptocurrencies were initially significantly higher than national currencies, over time the fluctuation levels of cryptocurrencies tend towards the levels characteristic of national currencies. We also compare similar quantities for a few prominent stock prices.
title Signature of maturity in cryptocurrency volatility
topic Physics and Society
Computational Finance
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03676