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The Predictability of High-Frequency Returns in the Cryptocurrency Markets and the Adaptive Market Hypothesis Cover

The Predictability of High-Frequency Returns in the Cryptocurrency Markets and the Adaptive Market Hypothesis

Central European Economic Journal
Volume 12 (2025): Issue 59 (January 2025)
By: Jacek KarasińskiORCID  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
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Language: English
Page range: 34 - 48
Published on: Feb 2, 2025
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
cryptocurrency markets,
adaptive market hypothesis,
efficient market hypothesis [EMH],
predictability of returns,
intraday returns
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Economic policy

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