The COVID-19 pandemic, economic policy uncertainty and the hedging role of cryptocurrencies: a global perspective

M Aftab, IU Haq, M Albaity - China Finance Review International, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has led to global economic policy uncertainty, which has
increased the need to investigate ways to mitigate the uncertainty. This study aims to …

COVID-19 pandemic and economic policy uncertainty: The first test on the hedging and safe haven properties of cryptocurrencies

K Mokni, M Youssef, AN Ajmi - Research in International Business and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the role of the top-5 cryptocurrencies and gold as a hedge and safe
haven against the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) before and during the ongoing COVID …

Is cryptocurrency a hedging tool during economic policy uncertainty? An empirical investigation

C He, Y Li, T Wang, SA Shah - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
In light of the increasing investor interest in cryptocurrencies (CR) as alternative financial
assets in financial markets, we sought to examine the connection between economic policy …

Are cryptos safe-haven assets during Covid-19? Evidence from wavelet coherence analysis

G Rubbaniy, AA Khalid, A Samitas - Emerging Markets Finance and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study adds to the inconclusive debate on safe-haven properties of cryptocurrencies
during Covid-19 by analyzing the use of wavelet coherence framework on the global Covid …

Tracking safe haven properties of cryptocurrencies during the COVID-19 pandemic: A smooth transition approach

A Melki, N Nefzi - Finance Research Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The study aims to examine the hedge and safe-haven properties of three heavyweight
cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum—against the stock, commodity, and foreign …

Comovements and hedging effectiveness between conventional and Islamic cryptocurrencies: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

S Ali, I Yousaf, XV Vo - International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study examines the dynamics of the comovement and causal relationship
between conventional (Bitcoin, Ethereum and Binance coin) and Islamic (OneGram, X8X …

Is cryptocurrency a new digital gold? Evidence from the macroeconomic shocks in selected emerging economies

SB Majumder - Journal of Economic Studies, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the study is to analyze the hedging abilities of the cryptocurrencies
vis-à-vis gold against macroeconomic shocks in four emerging economies, India, China …

The roles of Economic policy uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic in the correlation between cryptocurrency and stock markets

L Qian, Y Jiang, H Long, R Song - The Singapore Economic Review, 2020 - World Scientific
We are the first to explore the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and the COVID-19
pandemic on the correlation between the cryptocurrency index CRIX and the world stock …

Cryptocurrencies: Key risks and challenges

S Arsi, S Ben Khelifa, Y Ghabri… - … : A new currency for a new …, 2022 - World Scientific
Cryptocurrencies are witnessing a growing interest from investors and the media. They are
increasingly perceived as a new class of assets through added benefits, such as hedging …

The co‐movements of faith‐based cryptocurrencies in periods of pandemics

E Mnif, K Mouakhar, A Jarboui - Review of Financial Economics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the recent coronavirus pandemic, several researchers have focused on the drivers of
cryptocurrency behavior. In particular, this study provides insights into what can drive Islamic …