financial assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, U.S. equities, and gold, over the period 2017-2024. Particular attention is given … to the structural shift associated with the 2024 U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval, which marked a … findings. First, cryptocurrencies display strong internal dependence and short-horizon contagion, with Bitcoin consistently …

Purpose - This study examines Salvadorans' perceptions of the Bitcoin Law, which made Bitcoin legal tender on September … methods, OLS regressions, ordered logit and ordered probit models. Findings - We find that Salvadorans distrust the Bitcoin … females, the more educated and conservatives, highlighting the role of socio-economic demographics. Interestingly, Bitcoin …

Social media plays a critical role in influencing Bitcoin adoption trends from 2015 to 2023, acting as both an enabler … as misinformation and impulsive behavior, often undermining responsible consumption of Bitcoin as a financial tool. This … dual role underscores the need for targeted interventions to ensure that the adoption of Bitcoin aligns with ethical and …

Bitcoin, Brent Crude Oil, Gold and the U.S. Dollar Index. We used a time-varying vector autoregressive (tvVAR) model to … return forecast of the Bitcoin-Gold correlation was also conducted by using the Bayesian Structural Time Series (BSTS) model …. Results indicate that Bitcoin was the most volatile asset, while the U.S. Dollar remained the least volatile under both …