Table I.

Literature review on influencing factors of bitcoin price

Author (Year)Influencing factorsMain conclusions
Kristoufek (2013) Investor sentimentA statistically significant two-way relationship exists between bitcoin prices and Google trends, whereas the relationship between Wikipedia and bitcoin is not significant
van Wijk (2013) Macroeconomic development indicatorsA significant correlation exists between the price of bitcoin and macroeconomic indicators
Ciaian et al. (2014) Page view of forum posts and WikipediaThe page views of forum posts and Wikipedia have a significant impact on bitcoin prices
Polasik et al. (2015) Amount and sentiment of newsThe amount and sentiment of news affect the bitcoin yield
Dyhrberg (2015) Gold, dollar, federal funds rateThe price of bitcoin is similar to that of the dollar and gold, and a significant correlation exists between the price of bitcoin and the federal funds rate
Hayes (2016) Technical factorsThe competition level of miners, unit output and the difficulty of encrypted currency mining algorithms affect the price of encrypted currency
Bouoiyour and Selmi (2015) Stock market, etc.Factors such as the stock market influence the price of bitcoin
Kristoufek (2014) Speculation, etc.Factors such as speculation have a significant impact on the bitcoin trading price under certain conditions

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