Exploring sources of statistical arbitrage opportunities among Bitcoin exchanges

0583789 - ÚTIA 2024 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Krištoufek, Ladislav - Bouri, E.
Exploring sources of statistical arbitrage opportunities among Bitcoin exchanges.
Finance Research Letters. Roč. 51, č. 1 (2023), č. článku 103332. ISSN 1544-6123. E-ISSN 1544-6131
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA20-17295S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985556
Klíčová slova: Cryptocurrencies * Cryptoassets * Bitcoin * Arbitrage * Exchanges
Obor OECD: Finance
Impakt faktor: 10.4, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
http://library.utia.cas.cz/separaty/2024/E/kristoufek-0583789.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544612322005116?via%3Dihub

We investigate potential sources of emerging statistical arbitrage opportunities in the Bitcoin market across five exchanges – Binance, Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase, and Kraken – via the instrumental variables approach to control for apparent endogeneity. We show that arbitrage opportunities arise when the network is congested and Bitcoin prices are volatile. Increased exchanges volume and on-chain activity increase the correlation between exchanges and thus reduce the arbitrage opportunities. These outcomes are intuitive and economically valid which supports the notion that Bitcoin market is highly volatile and risky but its behavior follows standard economic and financial intuition.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0352123