Equilibrium Bitcoin Pricing

 

 

Speaker: Albert Mankveld, VU University, Amsterdam

 

We offer an overlapping generations equilibrium model of cryptocurrency pricing and confront it to new data on bitcoin transactional benefits and costs. The model emphasizes that the fundamental value of the cryptocurrency is the stream of net transactional benefits it will provide, which depend on its future prices. The link between future and present prices implies that returns can exhibit large volatility unrelated to fundamentals. We construct an index measuring the ease with which bitcoins can be used to purchase goods and services, and we also measure costs incurred by bitcoin owners. Consistent with the model, estimated transactional net benefits explain a statistically significant fraction of bitcoin returns.

 

Time: 12.00 – 1.00 p.m.

Venue:  University of Technology, Sydney

                Building 8, Room 8.002, Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
                Dr Chau Chak Wing Building

                14 - 28 Ultimo Road, Ultimo

 

 

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