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Bitcoin Piyasalarının Etkinliği, Likiditesi ve Oynaklığı
Efficiency, Liquidity and Volatility of Bitcoin Markets

Author(s): Şahnaz Koçoğlu, Yasin Erdem Çevik, Cihan Tanriöven
Subject(s): Economy, Evaluation research, Financial Markets
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Virtual Money; Bitcoin; Liquidity; Volatility; Causality; Cointegration;

Summary/Abstract: Bitcoin is a virtual money and a new payment system which is not regulated by a central authority. Bitcoin became popular quickly and gained the ability of affecting the real economy. Being used extensively and seen as an investment tool, Bitcoin created its own market, users and investors. This study aims to shed light on Bitcoin market. To understand what Bitcoin is, the history of Bitcoin was summarized firstly and the Bitcoin system and how the protocol works was explained. Then Efficiency, Liquidity and Volatility of the Bitcoin Markets were analyzed. We concluded that the pricing of Bitcoin is too complicated; and the Bitcoin market is still vulnerable to many risks and speculation.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 77-97
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Turkish