Cryptocurrencies function as speculative financial bubbles rather than Ponzi schemes

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Cryptocurrency markets frequently exhibit characteristics of speculative financial bubbles driven by explosive price dynamics, market uncertainty, and investor sentiment rather than being studied as Ponzi schemes.

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The retrieved literature consistently analyzes cryptocurrencies through the framework of financial economics, focusing on speculative bubbles, explosive price dynamics, and market uncertainties. There are no papers arguing that cryptocurrencies function as Ponzi schemes in this dataset; instead, they treat crypto price movements as asset bubbles similar to traditional technology or venture capital booms.

Evidence for · 4

Financial Bubbles: A Study of Co-Explosivity in the Cryptocurrency Market

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Arianna Agosto, Alessia Cafferata. Financial Bubbles: A Study of Co-Explosivity in the Cryptocurrency Market. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks8020034

This study investigates explosive price behaviors and co-explosivity in cryptocurrencies, confirming their tendency to form financial bubbles that lead to market collapses.

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Uncertainty and Bubbles in Cryptocurrencies: Evidence from Newly Developed Uncertainty Indices

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Chowdhury MSR, Damianov DS. Uncertainty and Bubbles in Cryptocurrencies: Evidence from Newly Developed Uncertainty Indices. 2022. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4301540

The research demonstrates that crypto-specific uncertainty indices reliably predict the emergence of price bubbles in cryptocurrency markets.

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Interest Rates, Venture Capital, and Financial Stability

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Allen HJ. Interest Rates, Venture Capital, and Financial Stability. 2023. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4513037

This article connects low interest rates and yield-seeking behavior directly to the creation of speculative asset bubbles, including a prominent crypto bubble.

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Two Models of Speculative Bubbles Dynamics for Cryptocurrency Prices

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Mikhail Perepelitsa. Two Models of Speculative Bubbles Dynamics for Cryptocurrency Prices. 2022. https://doi.org/10.11114/aef.v9i4.5738

The paper models the cryptocurrency market as an environment for self-organized speculative schemes that naturally generate characteristic price bubbles.

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