Table 4.
Results of impact of COVID-19 news on cryptocurrency returns using transfer entropy, January 1, 2020–April 15, 2021.
Cryptos | Panic | Media_ Hype |
Fake | Sentiment | Infodemic | Media_ Coverage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BTC | 0.0205⁎ | 0.0164⁎ | 0.0222⁎⁎ | 0.0216⁎ | 0.0070 | 0.0136⁎ |
ETH | 0.0137⁎ | 0.0078 | 0.0165⁎ | 0.0171⁎ | 0.0089 | 0.0069 |
BNB | 0.0137⁎ | 0.0101⁎ | 0.0132 | 0.0148 | 0.0107⁎ | 0.0108⁎ |
XRP | 0.0076 | 0.0107⁎ | 0.0087 | 0.0063 | 0.0068 | 0.0101⁎ |
USDT | 0.0396⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0366⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0223⁎ | 0.0279⁎⁎ | 0.0166⁎⁎ | 0.0214⁎⁎⁎ |
DOGE | 0.0091 | 0.0091 | 0.0085 | 0.0087 | 0.0091 | 0.0091 |
ADA | 0.0092 | 0.0115⁎ | 0.0119 | 0.0039 | 0.0116⁎ | 0.0118⁎⁎ |
BCH | 0.0278⁎⁎ | 0.0247⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0257⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0091 | 0.0243⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0225⁎⁎⁎ |
LTC | 0.0133⁎ | 0.0114⁎ | 0.0079 | 0.0071 | 0.0085 | 0.0077 |
LINK | 0.0195⁎ | 0.0087 | 0.0148 | 0.0210⁎⁎ | 0.0112⁎ | 0.0074 |
VET | 0.0129⁎⁎ | 0.0108 | 0.0153⁎ | 0.0077 | 0.0107⁎⁎ | 0.0106⁎ |
XLM | 0.0145⁎ | 0.0096⁎ | 0.0093 | 0.0073 | 0.0086 | 0.0053 |
THETA | 0.0123 | 0.0115⁎ | 0.0107 | 0.0078 | 0.0083 | 0.0106⁎ |
TRX | 0.0075 | 0.0103⁎ | 0.0105 | 0.0103 | 0.0068 | 0.0103⁎ |
XMR | 0.0260⁎⁎ | 0.0192⁎⁎ | 0.0335⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0164⁎ | 0.0207⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0208⁎⁎ |
LUNA | 0.0106 | 0.0100⁎ | 0.0149⁎ | 0.0102⁎ | 0.0132⁎ | 0.0128⁎ |
EOS | 0.0093 | 0.0086 | 0.0083 | 0.0124⁎ | 0.0068 | 0.0054 |
MIOTA | 0.0246⁎⁎ | 0.0113⁎ | 0.0143⁎ | 0.0218⁎ | 0.0130⁎ | 0.0101⁎ |
CRO | 0.0184⁎ | 0.0129⁎ | 0.0018 | 0.0101 | 0.0165⁎ | 0.0084 |
BTT | 0.0111 | 0.0108⁎ | 0.0144⁎ | 0.0088 | 0.0112⁎ | 0.0115 |
HT | 0.0118⁎ | 0.0119⁎ | 0.0141⁎ | 0.0098 | 0.0115⁎ | 0.0094 |
XTZ | 0.0175⁎ | 0.0064 | 0.0128 | 0.0136⁎ | 0.0065 | 0.0093 |
ETC | 0.0129 | 0.0124⁎ | 0.0120 | 0.0127⁎ | 0.0022 | 0.0110⁎ |
ALGO | 0.0081 | 0.0118⁎ | 0.0118 | 0.0059 | 0.0126⁎ | 0.0082 |
DAI | 0.0480⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0396⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0183⁎ | 0.0489⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0293⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0462⁎⁎⁎ |
RUNE | 0.0099 | 0.0117 | 0.0153⁎ | 0.0107 | 0.0078 | 0.0106⁎ |
DASH | 0.0271⁎⁎ | 0.0219⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0228⁎ | 0.0191⁎ | 0.0235⁎⁎⁎ | 0.0237⁎⁎ |
CHZ | 0.0099 | 0.0125⁎ | 0.0097 | 0.0098 | 0.0104⁎ | 0.0091 |
XEM | 0.0129 | 0.0157⁎ | 0.0129 | 0.0110 | 0.0122⁎ | 0.0157⁎⁎ |
STX | 0.0113 | 0.0173⁎⁎ | 0.0111 | 0.0129⁎ | 0.0063 | 0.0078 |
Significance at the 10% level.
Significance at the 5% level.
Significance at the 1% level.