Market impact and efficiency in cryptoassets markets

Emilio Barucci, Giancarlo Giuffra Moncayo, Daniele MarazzinaFinTech区块链与去中心化金融Top Field

Digital Finance2023-09-16Politecnico di MilanoDOI

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Abstract We analyze markets for cryptoassets (cryptocurrencies and stablecoins), investigating market impact and efficiency through the lens of the market order flow. We provide evidence that markets where cryptoassets are exchanged between themselves play a central role on price formation and are more efficient than markets where cryptocurrencies are exchanged with the US dollar. For the first set of markets we observe some evidence of the presence of insiders/contrarians, instead in the latter we observe the predominance of herding and trend-followers.

CryptocurrencyHerdingMarket efficiencyMarket microstructureLiberian dollarMonetary economicsEconomicsOrder (exchange)Market impactCapital marketFinancial economicsBusiness