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Causal relationships between cryptocurrencies: the effects of sampling interval and sample size

  • Nezir Köse ORCID logo and Emre Ünal ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: February 27, 2023

Abstract

For this paper, the relationship between seventeen popular cryptocurrencies was analyzed by multivariate Granger causality tests and simple linear regression, using data spanning the period 1 September 2020 to 8 December 2021. The novelty of this work is that it studies the effects of sampling interval and sample size in cryptocurrency markets, which can yield significantly different results. Minute-by-minute, hourly and daily data were collected to examine the Granger causality relationship between cryptocurrencies. It was found that all the currencies demonstrated a significant causality relationship when high frequency (such as minute-by-minute) data was used, in contrast to hourly and daily data. The bigger the sample size, the higher the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis. Hence, the null hypothesis for the Granger causality test can be rejected for minute-by-minute time series data because of too large a sample size. Granger causality test results for hourly and daily data indicated that Bitcoin, Ethereum Classic, and Neo were leading indicators among the cryptocurrencies included in the research. In addition, according to simple linear regression analysis, the short term marginal effect of Bitcoin plays an important role by creating significant impacts on other cryptocurrencies.

JEL Classification: C5; F3; G1

Corresponding author: Emre Ünal, Department of Economics, Firat University, Merkez, 23119, Elazig, Türkiye, E-mail:

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Appendix A
Table 1A:

Multivariate Granger causality test results.

Dependent variable is Bnb Dependent variable is Btc
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Btc 381.0 0.000* 34.4 0.001* 0.6 0.4331 Bnb 17,356.8 0.000* 17.4 0.180 0.1 0.7959
Btt 334.4 0.000* 41.9 0.000* 1.9 0.1685 Btt 478.0 0.000* 24.8 0.024** 0.2 0.6559
Cel 363.0 0.000* 25.6 0.019** 0.0 0.9715 Cel 603.5 0.000* 10.7 0.633 0.6 0.4306
Dash 317.2 0.000* 14.7 0.328 0.3 0.5831 Dash 3243.9 0.000* 12.3 0.503 0.1 0.7718
Eos 445.5 0.000* 19.2 0.117 0.3 0.6085 Eos 4876.8 0.000* 11.1 0.604 1.9 0.1730
Etc 322.9 0.000* 23.9 0.032** 0.0 0.8604 Etc 4655.0 0.000* 21.0 0.073 0.0 0.9801
Eth 415.1 0.000* 24.5 0.027** 1.1 0.2851 Eth 16,388.1 0.000* 25.4 0.021** 0.4 0.5494
Link 296.2 0.000* 23.2 0.040** 1.9 0.1668 Link 5620.2 0.000* 29.6 0.006* 0.8 0.3658
Ltc 465.4 0.000* 9.1 0.766 0.0 0.8660 Ltc 1906.5 0.000* 12.7 0.474 1.6 0.2122
Neo 420.7 0.000* 22.0 0.055 0.6 0.4347 Neo 2087.8 0.000* 16.7 0.214 3.0 0.0825
One 164.7 0.000* 32.3 0.002* 2.2 0.1367 One 508.9 0.000* 20.7 0.080 0.9 0.3556
Qtum 886.0 0.000* 12.7 0.474 0.1 0.8140 Qtum 1736.9 0.000* 7.2 0.893 0.5 0.4779
Trx 196.4 0.000* 37.0 0.000* 0.3 0.5677 Trx 2175.2 0.000* 14.9 0.317 0.4 0.5497
Xlm 286.2 0.000* 11.2 0.596 0.2 0.6783 Xlm 1769.6 0.000* 29.7 0.005* 3.8 0.0509
Xmr 434.7 0.000* 20.9 0.075 0.2 0.6398 Xmr 249.4 0.000* 20.1 0.094 0.5 0.4920
Zec 451.9 0.000* 29.4 0.006* 1.0 0.3121 Zec 3653.4 0.000* 24.0 0.031** 1.1 0.3013
All 8752 0.000* 418 0.000* 16.0 0.4501 All 747,551 0.000* 338 0.000* 29.4 0.0215**
Dependent variable is Btt Dependent variable is Cel
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 1293.7 0.000* 21.0 0.073 0.1 0.7731 Bnb 1389.6 0.000* 20.3 0.089 1.7 0.1859
Btc 1082.5 0.000* 30.6 0.004* 2.9 0.0910 Btc 610.5 0.000* 29.5 0.006* 1.7 0.1978
Cel 164.4 0.000* 40.7 0.000* 1.4 0.2426 Btt 456.9 0.000* 38.8 0.000* 7.2 0.0072*
Dash 766.2 0.000* 12.8 0.460 1.0 0.3177 Dash 697.6 0.000* 8.5 0.809 0.1 0.7401
Eos 372.0 0.000* 39.7 0.000* 0.0 0.8916 Eos 681.0 0.000* 31.4 0.003* 1.4 0.2437
Etc 1462.7 0.000* 26.4 0.015** 0.8 0.3684 Etc 887.9 0.000* 20.0 0.096 0.7 0.3953
Eth 2991.9 0.000* 16.1 0.243 0.0 0.9106 Eth 2511.4 0.000* 14.5 0.340 0.0 0.9649
Link 2198.2 0.000* 29.3 0.006* 0.8 0.3608 Link 2465.0 0.000* 51.1 0.000* 0.0 0.9792
Ltc 1465.8 0.000* 18.1 0.154 0.2 0.6370 Ltc 1023.5 0.000* 20.0 0.095 0.8 0.3598
Neo 507.2 0.000* 18.2 0.149 2.8 0.0950 Neo 621.5 0.000* 28.1 0.009* 5.5 0.0188**
One 326.6 0.000* 21.0 0.074 0.5 0.4654 One 1330.4 0.000* 56.6 0.000* 0.3 0.5886
Qtum 713.1 0.000* 24.3 0.029** 0.5 0.4667 Qtum 871.8 0.000* 11.5 0.573 0.1 0.7644
Trx 7271.0 0.000* 13.3 0.427 0.2 0.6861 Trx 839.9 0.000* 27.0 0.012** 0.1 0.8068
Xlm 722.5 0.000* 13.7 0.399 0.0 0.9552 Xlm 355.4 0.000* 10.8 0.628 1.7 0.1948
Xmr 628.3 0.000* 10.5 0.651 1.7 0.1873 Xmr 364.6 0.000* 9.2 0.760 0.4 0.5428
Zec 307.9 0.000* 26.8 0.013** 0.1 0.8000 Zec 488.9 0.000* 30.6 0.004* 0.5 0.4784
All 68,725 0.000* 423 0.000* 21.0 0.1773 All 63,999 0.000* 450 0.000* 24.0 0.0897
Dependent variable is Dash Dependent variable is Eos
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 293.5 0.000* 23.5 0.036** 9.9 0.627 Bnb 353.4 0.000* 26.5 0.014** 0.0 0.8882
Btc 377.5 0.000* 25.6 0.019** 23.2 0.027** Btc 474.6 0.000* 30.8 0.004* 3.7 0.0545
Btt 185.7 0.000* 8.6 0.803 14.9 0.246 Btt 319.0 0.000* 19.7 0.103 0.2 0.6905
Cel 218.0 0.000* 14.0 0.376 15.5 0.214 Cel 245.1 0.000* 18.2 0.148 2.1 0.1440
Eos 359.1 0.000* 6.2 0.940 25.1 0.014** Dash 202.4 0.000* 22.8 0.044** 1.6 0.2102
Etc 430.0 0.000* 37.8 0.000* 14.4 0.274 Etc 632.0 0.000* 42.4 0.000* 5.1 0.0237**
Eth 463.9 0.000* 12.8 0.465 11.0 0.526 Eth 379.2 0.000* 9.3 0.751 0.1 0.6994
Link 279.2 0.000* 32.6 0.002* 13.0 0.368 Link 531.6 0.000* 36.3 0.001* 0.7 0.3977
Ltc 721.5 0.000* 14.9 0.313 15.4 0.219 Ltc 1146.1 0.000* 23.1 0.041** 1.0 0.3121
Neo 279.1 0.000* 11.3 0.585 24.2 0.019** Neo 408.6 0.000* 13.5 0.408 6.7 0.0098*
One 169.0 0.000* 28.9 0.007* 8.9 0.711 One 160.1 0.000* 34.7 0.001* 0.0 0.9330
Qtum 1023.7 0.000* 10.2 0.680 11.5 0.486 Qtum 1344.6 0.000* 19.8 0.100 0.8 0.3582
Trx 178.6 0.000* 11.9 0.538 7.5 0.825 Trx 234.3 0.000* 32.3 0.002* 3.6 0.0585
Xlm 256.0 0.000* 32.0 0.002* 14.3 0.280 Xlm 473.2 0.000* 36.5 0.001* 2.9 0.0875
Xmr 380.5 0.000* 15.6 0.271 7.6 0.814 Xmr 399.4 0.000* 24.2 0.029** 1.1 0.3035
Zec 523.2 0.000* 41.5 0.000* 11.2 0.512 Zec 592.0 0.000* 32.0 0.002* 0.1 0.8220
All 8037 0.000* 370.8 0.000* 263.8 0.001* All 10,471 0.000* 454 0.000* 32.9 0.0077*
Dependent variable is Etc Dependent variable is Eth
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 352.8 0.000* 17.6 0.172 0.2 0.6796 Bnb 2537.0 0.000* 15.1 0.299 0.2 0.6538
Btc 423.6 0.000* 25.7 0.018** 0.0 0.8721 Btc 560.8 0.000* 37.0 0.000* 6.0 0.0146**
Btt 321.0 0.000* 10.8 0.624 0.7 0.4092 Btt 1294.0 0.000* 8.2 0.833 0.2 0.6674
Cel 296.7 0.000* 23.9 0.033** 2.8 0.0932 Cel 274.7 0.000* 10.5 0.649 2.9 0.0900
Dash 319.1 0.000* 22.3 0.050*** 3.3 0.0688 Dash 1085.6 0.000* 11.0 0.611 0.9 0.3391
Eos 708.8 0.000* 16.2 0.239 5.2 0.0230** Eos 1085.4 0.000* 16.6 0.218 0.7 0.3887
Eth 631.8 0.000* 22.9 0.043** 0.0 0.8976 Etc 2564.6 0.000* 18.5 0.139 0.1 0.7087
Link 326.4 0.000* 25.9 0.018** 0.0 0.9763 Link 7385.1 0.000* 32.5 0.002* 0.1 0.7569
Ltc 763.5 0.000* 19.0 0.125 5.0 0.0250** Ltc 1742.5 0.000* 18.2 0.151 1.1 0.2851
Neo 370.8 0.000* 23.3 0.038** 8.0 0.0047* Neo 747.4 0.000* 24.2 0.029** 4.7 0.0299**
One 227.2 0.000* 29.8 0.005* 0.4 0.5378 One 491.1 0.000* 29.4 0.006 0.0 0.9676
Qtum 1025.1 0.000* 23.7 0.034** 0.6 0.4220 Qtum 1396.9 0.000* 7.6 0.871 1.0 0.3144
Trx 389.6 0.000* 36.9 0.000* 0.4 0.5381 Trx 1019.1 0.000* 13.9 0.382 0.3 0.6046
Xlm 352.3 0.000* 14.2 0.361 0.8 0.3627 Xlm 1208.1 0.000* 19.2 0.118 1.0 0.3220
Xmr 452.8 0.000* 11.6 0.559 2.5 0.1155 Xmr 865.3 0.000* 11.1 0.598 0.1 0.8093
Zec 454.3 0.000* 60.7 0.000* 0.1 0.7928 Zec 1239.6 0.000* 31.3 0.003* 1.1 0.2968
All 9441 0.000* 416 0.000* 36.8 0.0022* All 100,348 0.000* 342.0 0.000* 31.8 0.0106**
Dependent variable is Link Dependent variable is Ltc
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 219.2 0.000* 12.8 0.465 0.0 0.9603 Bnb 2617.1 0.000* 9.5 0.734 0.1 0.7654
Btc 394.2 0.000* 37.3 0.000* 3.9 0.0495** Btc 498.6 0.000* 35.8 0.001* 8.8 0.0031*
Btt 212.7 0.000* 11.8 0.541 0.2 0.6523 Btt 413.7 0.000* 15.4 0.281 0.2 0.6965
Cel 253.9 0.000* 14.1 0.368 2.6 0.1036 Cel 516.1 0.000* 22.0 0.056 6.0 0.0145**
Dash 281.3 0.000* 18.2 0.150 0.5 0.4714 Dash 2960.5 0.000* 15.1 0.301 0.2 0.6686
Eos 362.6 0.000* 8.3 0.826 0.7 0.4199 Eos 5939.7 0.000* 17.3 0.187 2.1 0.1456
Etc 335.4 0.000* 18.3 0.146 3.9 0.0497** Etc 4294.3 0.000* 17.6 0.174 1.7 0.1895
Eth 379.3 0.000* 13.2 0.436 0.4 0.5162 Eth 609.6 0.000* 17.9 0.163 0.0 0.8589
Ltc 487.8 0.000* 13.3 0.428 0.5 0.4638 Link 5791.4 0.000* 24.6 0.026** 0.0 0.8284
Neo 322.5 0.000* 23.3 0.039** 5.5 0.0186** Neo 1045.3 0.000* 31.6 0.003* 4.2 0.0406**
One 202.1 0.000* 38.1 0.000* 0.0 0.8744 One 463.8 0.000* 28.0 0.009* 0.0 0.9179
Qtum 1011.8 0.000* 17.3 0.186 0.1 0.7514 Qtum 1563.4 0.000* 8.2 0.830 0.0 0.8373
Trx 290.3 0.000* 16.7 0.212 0.0 0.9226 Trx 778.2 0.000* 8.0 0.841 2.0 0.1612
Xlm 226.9 0.000* 11.4 0.578 0.4 0.5037 Xlm 4491.9 0.000* 13.2 0.433 0.9 0.3557
Xmr 310.7 0.000* 15.1 0.300 0.2 0.6291 Xmr 1853.0 0.000* 21.1 0.070 2.4 0.1187
Zec 438.8 0.000* 32.0 0.002* 0.4 0.5282 Zec 2032.0 0.000* 23.3 0.038** 1.0 0.3139
All 8314 0.000* 344 0.000* 23.2 0.1087 All 235,899 0.000* 388 0.000* 40.2 0.0007*
Dependent variable is Neo Dependent variable is One
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 275.0 0.000* 24.4 0.028** 0.4 0.5229 Bnb 2118.3 0.000* 24.3 0.028** 0.6 0.4240
Btc 554.5 0.000* 33.7 0.001* 2.2 0.1408 Btc 987.2 0.000* 17.7 0.171 2.2 0.1404
Btt 302.0 0.000* 14.0 0.372 4.8 0.0291** Btt 534.7 0.000* 39.6 0.000* 9.6 0.0020*
Cel 187.2 0.000* 23.0 0.041** 0.1 0.7479 Cel 448.0 0.000* 28.6 0.007* 1.3 0.2457
Dash 349.3 0.000* 7.0 0.903 0.1 0.7211 Dash 1032.5 0.000* 17.2 0.188 0.3 0.5632
Eos 416.5 0.000* 23.2 0.040** 7.9 0.0048* Eos 867.7 0.000* 25.6 0.020** 1.5 0.2136
Etc 666.1 0.000* 29.7 0.005* 11.7 0.0006* Etc 1549.4 0.000* 23.5 0.036** 3.1 0.0800
Eth 496.1 0.000* 10.2 0.679 0.3 0.5684 Eth 2563.5 0.000* 16.8 0.206 0.2 0.6897
Link 417.3 0.000* 47.5 0.000* 0.1 0.7408 Link 3034.2 0.000* 35.6 0.001* 0.7 0.4164
Ltc 710.8 0.000* 30.5 0.004* 0.0 0.8871 Ltc 2059.1 0.000* 19.5 0.107 0.4 0.5069
One 175.3 0.000* 22.4 0.049** 0.9 0.3477 Neo 939.4 0.000* 17.5 0.179 1.9 0.1733
Qtum 2355.7 0.000* 9.5 0.738 0.0 0.9678 Qtum 823.4 0.000* 15.7 0.265 0.0 0.9898
Trx 267.4 0.000* 31.0 0.003* 0.0 0.9024 Trx 1038.6 0.000* 6.8 0.910 1.3 0.2494
Xlm 517.2 0.000* 9.5 0.735 2.3 0.1284 Xlm 544.7 0.000* 10.3 0.668 2.5 0.1173
Xmr 454.5 0.000* 15.0 0.306 0.5 0.4800 Xmr 681.7 0.000* 8.9 0.777 0.3 0.5915
Zec 528.7 0.000* 68.5 0.000* 1.0 0.3231 Zec 481.4 0.000* 29.6 0.005* 0.8 0.3742
All 12,221 0.000* 441 0.000* 28.4 0.0285** All 73,582 0.000* 360 0.000* 26.2 0.0512
Dependent variable is Qtum Dependent variable is Trx
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 251.8 0.000* 30.5 0.004* 0.1 0.7320 Bnb 230.8 0.000* 17.6 0.174 2.7 0.1012
Btc 357.4 0.000* 26.2 0.016** 1.8 0.1848 Btc 374.3 0.000* 43.9 0.000* 0.8 0.3848
Btt 162.6 0.000* 21.8 0.059 1.1 0.3050 Btt 1074.4 0.000* 45.7 0.000* 4.2 0.0402**
Cel 179.6 0.000* 12.1 0.520 1.4 0.2359 Cel 227.7 0.000* 20.3 0.088 0.5 0.4998
Dash 259.9 0.000* 7.9 0.850 4.6 0.0316** Dash 251.8 0.000* 15.0 0.305 0.7 0.3982
Eos 532.0 0.000* 20.0 0.095 1.0 0.3062 Eos 488.1 0.000* 26.2 0.016** 4.3 0.0374**
Etc 640.3 0.000* 44.0 0.000* 9.6 0.0019* Etc 503.9 0.000* 31.2 0.003* 1.0 0.3130
Eth 322.0 0.000* 8.3 0.825 0.2 0.6186 Eth 283.8 0.000* 24.9 0.024** 0.0 0.8928
Link 266.2 0.000* 32.7 0.002* 0.1 0.6986 Link 259.1 0.000* 29.7 0.005* 0.1 0.7428
Ltc 480.2 0.000* 22.1 0.053 0.1 0.7170 Ltc 708.6 0.000* 16.5 0.222 0.3 0.6168
Neo 472.0 0.000* 24.1 0.030** 0.6 0.4454 Neo 266.2 0.000* 23.7 0.034** 9.5 0.0020*
One 185.3 0.000* 26.5 0.014** 1.0 0.3122 One 158.6 0.000* 20.2 0.092 0.4 0.5303
Trx 216.0 0.000* 41.5 0.000* 0.4 0.5504 Qtum 843.4 0.000* 12.8 0.467 3.9 0.0484**
Xlm 341.9 0.000* 17.2 0.190 0.1 0.7466 Xlm 292.7 0.000* 59.5 0.000* 0.6 0.4531
Xmr 296.1 0.000* 10.2 0.678 2.6 0.1089 Xmr 287.5 0.000* 6.4 0.929 0.8 0.3762
Zec 459.3 0.000* 54.6 0.000* 0.2 0.6419 Zec 315.3 0.000* 32.4 0.002* 0.2 0.6264
All 7396 0.000* 431 0.000* 21.0 0.1768 All 8958 0.000* 455 0.000* 27.3 0.0379**
Dependent variable is Xlm Dependent variable is Xmr
Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data Minute-by- Hourly data Daily data
minute data minute data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 1344.5 0.000* 25.2 0.022** 0.2 0.6725 Bnb 3084.9 0.000* 20.3 0.089 0.7 0.3909
Btc 301.8 0.000* 17.2 0.192 0.4 0.5227 Btc 302.1 0.000* 23.2 0.040** 1.7 0.1954
Btt 128.0 0.000* 5.2 0.971 0.2 0.6941 Btt 159.7 0.000* 9.0 0.774 0.9 0.3490
Cel 398.4 0.000* 15.2 0.293 0.7 0.4035 Cel 742.4 0.000* 18.7 0.133 0.2 0.6683
Dash 1744.5 0.000* 5.4 0.966 0.0 0.9610 Dash 4312.4 0.000* 31.3 0.003* 0.9 0.3466
Eos 3192.8 0.000* 23.1 0.041** 3.6 0.0562 Eos 3188.4 0.000* 24.7 0.025** 0.0 0.9366
Etc 2997.9 0.000* 34.1 0.001* 0.6 0.4252 Etc 2779.7 0.000* 17.5 0.177 2.0 0.1523
Eth 585.1 0.000* 25.4 0.020** 2.6 0.1055 Eth 687.7 0.000* 21.6 0.062 0.3 0.6097
Link 4327.4 0.000* 21.0 0.073 1.8 0.1848 Link 4176.6 0.000* 22.0 0.056 1.8 0.1836
Ltc 7863.3 0.000* 14.6 0.333 0.0 0.8540 Ltc 10,032.9 0.000* 26.6 0.014** 0.4 0.5033
Neo 1488.2 0.000* 29.6 0.005* 2.2 0.1389 Neo 1529.9 0.000* 19.5 0.109 0.6 0.4401
One 424.6 0.000* 22.7 0.045** 0.0 0.9200 One 637.7 0.000* 33.3 0.002* 1.8 0.1828
Qtum 1455.8 0.000* 24.5 0.027** 0.3 0.6159 Qtum 1906.9 0.000* 8.7 0.798 0.4 0.5200
Trx 751.3 0.000* 27.9 0.009* 0.5 0.4595 Trx 595.0 0.000* 25.1 0.023** 0.1 0.8078
Xmr 1608.9 0.000* 12.6 0.482 1.3 0.2579 Xlm 3971.7 0.000* 8.8 0.788 1.1 0.2928
Zec 1411.1 0.000* 39.4 0.000* 0.0 0.9386 Zec 4332.3 0.000* 66.8 0.000* 0.2 0.6485
All 162,926 0.000* 410 0.000* 20.6 0.1960 All 225,132 0.000* 397 0.000* 16.6 0.4093
Dependent variable is Zec
Minute-by-minute data Hourly data Daily data
X χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob. χ 2 Prob.
Bnb 306.8 0.000* 25.5 0.020** 0.1 0.7528
Btc 506.9 0.000* 20.7 0.079 0.8 0.3654
Btt 230.2 0.000* 12.6 0.475 0.5 0.4823
Cel 197.5 0.000* 14.4 0.346 1.3 0.2563
Dash 1001.3 0.000* 38.1 0.000* 1.5 0.2205
Eos 537.5 0.000* 24.0 0.031** 0.0 0.9072
Etc 474.4 0.000* 23.9 0.032** 0.5 0.4872
Eth 585.7 0.000* 14.8 0.320 0.0 0.9588
Link 352.5 0.000* 22.8 0.044** 1.2 0.2648
Ltc 715.4 0.000* 18.6 0.136 0.5 0.4647
Neo 282.8 0.000* 15.2 0.296 5.3 0.0213**
One 216.3 0.000* 24.6 0.026** 0.0 0.8898
Qtum 941.7 0.000* 15.2 0.294 2.8 0.0942
Trx 258.6 0.000* 21.9 0.056 0.0 0.9377
Xlm 273.8 0.000* 24.7 0.026** 0.4 0.5273
Xmr 397.3 0.000* 21.4 0.065 1.4 0.2406
All 9701.9 0.000* 410.4 0.000* 17.3 0.3664
  1. *Indicate significance at the 1% level. **Indicate significance at the 5% level.

Table 2A:

Results of simple linear regression in logarithmic first difference for daily data.

Dependent variable is Bnb Dependent variable is Btc Dependent variable is Btt
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Btc 1.06 0.0000 0.379 Bnb 0.36 0.0000 0.379 Bnb 0.63 0.0000 0.286
Btt 0.46 0.0000 0.286 Btt 0.30 0.0000 0.380 Btc 1.06 0.0000 0.380
Cel 0.33 0.0000 0.200 Cel 0.21 0.0000 0.237 Cel 0.43 0.0000 0.242
Dash 0.60 0.0000 0.374 Dash 0.37 0.0000 0.430 Dash 0.64 0.0000 0.309
Eos 0.58 0.0000 0.372 Eos 0.36 0.0000 0.437 Eos 0.67 0.0000 0.366
Etc 0.50 0.0000 0.273 Etc 0.33 0.0000 0.343 Etc 0.58 0.0000 0.260
Eth 0.82 0.0000 0.417 Eth 0.56 0.0000 0.586 Eth 0.85 0.0000 0.324
Link 0.61 0.0000 0.408 Link 0.37 0.0000 0.451 Link 0.61 0.0000 0.298
Ltc 0.70 0.0000 0.400 Ltc 0.51 0.0000 0.615 Ltc 0.74 0.0000 0.317
Neo 0.66 0.0000 0.444 Neo 0.39 0.0000 0.458 Neo 0.70 0.0000 0.369
One 0.34 0.0000 0.227 One 0.19 0.0000 0.211 One 0.39 0.0000 0.210
Qtum 0.51 0.0000 0.378 Qtum 0.29 0.0000 0.364 Qtum 0.53 0.0000 0.300
Trx 0.62 0.0000 0.323 Trx 0.39 0.0000 0.371 Trx 0.90 0.0000 0.495
Xlm 0.50 0.0000 0.281 Xlm 0.34 0.0000 0.373 Xlm 0.56 0.0000 0.249
Xmr 0.71 0.0000 0.372 Xmr 0.45 0.0000 0.445 Xmr 0.74 0.0000 0.293
Zec 0.59 0.0000 0.384 Zec 0.36 0.0000 0.428 Zec 0.62 0.0000 0.311
Dependent variable is Cel Dependent variable is Dash Dependent variable is Eos
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Bnb 0.61 0.0000 0.200 Bnb 0.63 0.0000 0.374 Bnb 0.65 0.0000 0.372
Btc 1.14 0.0000 0.237 Btc 1.16 0.0000 0.430 Btc 1.21 0.0000 0.437
Btt 0.57 0.0000 0.242 Btt 0.49 0.0000 0.309 Btt 0.55 0.0000 0.366
Dash 0.65 0.0000 0.240 Cel 0.37 0.0000 0.240 Cel 0.41 0.0000 0.280
Eos 0.68 0.0000 0.280 Eos 0.73 0.0000 0.571 Dash 0.78 0.0000 0.571
Etc 0.60 0.0000 0.210 Etc 0.76 0.0000 0.596 Etc 0.78 0.0000 0.593
Eth 0.97 0.0000 0.314 Eth 0.89 0.0000 0.465 Eth 0.94 0.0000 0.491
Link 0.80 0.0000 0.384 Link 0.68 0.0000 0.477 Link 0.74 0.0000 0.532
Ltc 0.84 0.0000 0.310 Ltc 0.89 0.0000 0.601 Ltc 0.92 0.0000 0.610
Neo 0.73 0.0000 0.293 Neo 0.77 0.0000 0.574 Neo 0.82 0.0000 0.609
One 0.68 0.0000 0.480 One 0.35 0.0000 0.224 One 0.36 0.0000 0.221
Qtum 0.58 0.0000 0.265 Qtum 0.57 0.0000 0.457 Qtum 0.67 0.0000 0.585
Trx 0.80 0.0000 0.292 Trx 0.75 0.0000 0.445 Trx 0.84 0.0000 0.531
Xlm 0.62 0.0000 0.233 Xlm 0.61 0.0000 0.395 Xlm 0.74 0.0000 0.537
Xmr 0.70 0.0000 0.198 Xmr 0.88 0.0000 0.550 Xmr 0.77 0.0000 0.393
Zec 0.67 0.0000 0.268 Zec 0.82 0.0000 0.708 Zec 0.72 0.0000 0.511
Dependent variable is Etc Dependent variable is Eth Dependent variable is Link
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Bnb 0.54 0.0000 0.273 Bnb 0.51 0.0000 0.417 Bnb 0.67 0.0000 0.408
Btc 1.05 0.0000 0.343 Btc 1.04 0.0000 0.586 Btc 1.21 0.0000 0.451
Btt 0.45 0.0000 0.260 Btt 0.38 0.0000 0.324 Btt 0.49 0.0000 0.298
Cel 0.35 0.0000 0.210 Cel 0.32 0.0000 0.314 Cel 0.48 0.0000 0.384
Dash 0.78 0.0000 0.596 Dash 0.52 0.0000 0.465 Dash 0.70 0.0000 0.477
Eos 0.76 0.0000 0.593 Eos 0.52 0.0000 0.491 Eos 0.72 0.0000 0.532
Eth 0.90 0.0000 0.463 Etc 0.51 0.0000 0.463 Etc 0.68 0.0000 0.451
Link 0.67 0.0000 0.451 Link 0.61 0.0000 0.650 Eth 1.07 0.0000 0.650
Ltc 0.86 0.0000 0.556 Ltc 0.70 0.0000 0.641 Ltc 0.90 0.0000 0.595
Neo 0.77 0.0000 0.564 Neo 0.57 0.0000 0.539 Neo 0.80 0.0000 0.590
One 0.30 0.0000 0.165 One 0.28 0.0000 0.237 One 0.41 0.0000 0.294
Dependent variable is Etc Dependent variable is Eth Dependent variable is Link
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Qtum 0.63 0.0000 0.528 Qtum 0.44 0.0000 0.449 Qtum 0.61 0.0000 0.496
Trx 0.74 0.0000 0.425 Trx 0.57 0.0000 0.446 Trx 0.76 0.0000 0.441
Xlm 0.62 0.0000 0.386 Xlm 0.48 0.0000 0.419 Xlm 0.67 0.0000 0.455
Xmr 0.75 0.0000 0.390 Xmr 0.59 0.0000 0.423 Xmr 0.77 0.0000 0.404
Zec 0.70 0.0000 0.501 Zec 0.53 0.0000 0.504 Zec 0.70 0.0000 0.498
Dependent variable is Ltc Dependent variable is Neo Dependent variable is One
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Bnb 0.57 0.0000 0.400 Bnb 0.67 0.0000 0.444 Bnb 0.66 0.0000 0.227
Btc 1.21 0.0000 0.615 Btc 1.18 0.0000 0.458 Btc 1.10 0.0000 0.211
Btt 0.43 0.0000 0.317 Btt 0.52 0.0000 0.369 Btt 0.54 0.0000 0.210
Cel 0.37 0.0000 0.310 Cel 0.40 0.0000 0.293 Cel 0.71 0.0000 0.480
Dash 0.68 0.0000 0.601 Dash 0.75 0.0000 0.574 Dash 0.64 0.0000 0.224
Eos 0.66 0.0000 0.610 Eos 0.75 0.0000 0.609 Eos 0.62 0.0000 0.221
Etc 0.64 0.0000 0.556 Etc 0.73 0.0000 0.564 Etc 0.54 0.0000 0.165
Eth 0.91 0.0000 0.641 Eth 0.94 0.0000 0.539 Eth 0.86 0.0000 0.237
Link 0.66 0.0000 0.595 Link 0.74 0.0000 0.590 Link 0.72 0.0000 0.294
Neo 0.68 0.0000 0.586 Ltc 0.86 0.0000 0.586 Ltc 0.80 0.0000 0.268
One 0.34 0.0000 0.268 One 0.38 0.0000 0.271 Neo 0.71 0.0000 0.271
Qtum 0.53 0.0000 0.517 Qtum 0.67 0.0000 0.637 Qtum 0.55 0.0000 0.230
Trx 0.65 0.0000 0.443 Trx 0.81 0.0000 0.536 Trx 0.73 0.0000 0.236
Xlm 0.57 0.0000 0.438 Xlm 0.66 0.0000 0.467 Xlm 0.56 0.0000 0.183
Xmr 0.73 0.0000 0.489 Xmr 0.81 0.0000 0.476 Xmr 0.73 0.0000 0.208
Zec 0.65 0.0000 0.579 Zec 0.72 0.0000 0.572 Zec 0.64 0.0000 0.236
Dependent variable is Qtum Dependent variable is Trx Dependent variable is Xlm
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Bnb 0.74 0.0000 0.378 Bnb 0.52 0.0000 0.323 Bnb 0.56 0.0000 0.281
Btc 1.26 0.0000 0.364 Btc 0.96 0.0000 0.371 Btc 1.11 0.0000 0.373
Btt 0.56 0.0000 0.300 Btt 0.55 0.0000 0.495 Btt 0.45 0.0000 0.249
Cel 0.46 0.0000 0.265 Cel 0.36 0.0000 0.292 Cel 0.37 0.0000 0.233
Dash 0.80 0.0000 0.457 Dash 0.59 0.0000 0.445 Dash 0.64 0.0000 0.395
Eos 0.87 0.0000 0.585 Eos 0.63 0.0000 0.531 Eos 0.73 0.0000 0.537
Etc 0.84 0.0000 0.528 Etc 0.57 0.0000 0.425 Etc 0.63 0.0000 0.386
Eth 1.03 0.0000 0.449 Eth 0.78 0.0000 0.446 Eth 0.86 0.0000 0.419
Link 0.81 0.0000 0.496 Link 0.58 0.0000 0.441 Link 0.68 0.0000 0.455
Ltc 0.97 0.0000 0.517 Ltc 0.68 0.0000 0.443 Ltc 0.77 0.0000 0.438
Neo 0.95 0.0000 0.637 Neo 0.66 0.0000 0.536 Neo 0.71 0.0000 0.467
One 0.42 0.0000 0.230 One 0.32 0.0000 0.236 One 0.32 0.0000 0.183
Trx 0.84 0.0000 0.408 Qtum 0.48 0.0000 0.408 Qtum 0.57 0.0000 0.437
Xlm 0.76 0.0000 0.437 Xlm 0.55 0.0000 0.403 Trx 0.73 0.0000 0.403
Xmr 0.87 0.0000 0.385 Xmr 0.63 0.0000 0.348 Xmr 0.68 0.0000 0.310
Zec 0.77 0.0000 0.450 Zec 0.58 0.0000 0.442 Zec 0.64 0.0000 0.419
Dependent variable is Xmr Dependent variable is Zec
Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq Variable Coef. p-Value R-sq
Bnb 0.53 0.0000 0.372 Bnb 0.65 0.0000 0.384
Btc 1.00 0.0000 0.445 Btc 1.19 0.0000 0.428
Btt 0.40 0.0000 0.293 Btt 0.50 0.0000 0.311
Cel 0.28 0.0000 0.198 Cel 0.40 0.0000 0.268
Dash 0.62 0.0000 0.550 Dash 0.87 0.0000 0.708
Eos 0.51 0.0000 0.393 Eos 0.71 0.0000 0.511
Etc 0.52 0.0000 0.390 Etc 0.72 0.0000 0.501
Eth 0.71 0.0000 0.423 Eth 0.95 0.0000 0.504
Link 0.52 0.0000 0.404 Link 0.71 0.0000 0.498
Ltc 0.67 0.0000 0.489 Ltc 0.89 0.0000 0.579
Neo 0.59 0.0000 0.476 Neo 0.79 0.0000 0.572
One 0.28 0.0000 0.208 One 0.37 0.0000 0.236
Qtum 0.44 0.0000 0.385 Qtum 0.59 0.0000 0.450
Trx 0.56 0.0000 0.348 Trx 0.77 0.0000 0.442
Xlm 0.46 0.0000 0.310 Xlm 0.65 0.0000 0.419
Zec 0.63 0.0000 0.600 Xmr 0.95 0.0000 0.600
  1. Standard errors are corrected for autocorrelation and/or heteroscedasticity with the Newey–West HAC. The bold values indicate the explanatory power.

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