Research Article

Dynamic Connectedness of Major Digital Currencies: A Time-Varying Approach

Table 2

Event-driven table (here are the event-driven cases of total connectedness; from left to right are the events, corresponding time, and the status of total connectedness).

EventTimeStatus

Digital currency regulation tightensBeginning of 2018Bottom
US interest rate hike and trade warEarly 2019Top
Libra White Paper releasedMid-2019Bottom
COVID-19 epidemicEarly 2020Rapid rise
Meltdowns in the US stock marketFrom March to June 2020Top
US announces unlimited QEMarch 2020Start to fall
RCEP agreement signedNovember 2020Bounce
Dollar index hits new stage lowEarly 2021Bottom
International economic recovery and soaring US treasury ratesMid-2021Rapid rise
US inflation levels stage record highLate 2021Slow rise