On Bubbles in Cryptocurrency Prices

This paper develops a tractable model for the cryptocurrency prices based on the classical framework for rational bubbles. In the baseline equilibrium, investors hold cryptocurrency to sell them to future users. In a bubble equilibrium, investors hold cryptocurrency because they expect its price to appreciate due to future investment inflows. We establish the mathematical relationship between net investment flows and the nominal return on a cryptocurrency’s exchange rate.
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