Speculation and the price of virtual currency

W. Bolt; Maarten van Oordt

Speculation and the price of virtual currency

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What drives the volatility of Bitcoin? This column explains a theoretical framework to link exchange rates to currency creation, speculative behaviour, and real growth in goods and services transactions. It suggests that the exchange rate will be less sensitive to speculators' beliefs when a virtual currency becomes more established as a means of payment.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	VoxEU.org
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2019

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On the value of virtual currencies
Bolt, W. & van Oordt, M., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 52, 4, p. 835-862 28 p.
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