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title: The Forking Effect in Cryptocurrency
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4762591/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4762591
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4762591
featured: 2024-03-20
citations: unknown
topic: Crypto & DeFi
---


# The Forking Effect in Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency forking events don't significantly impact bitcoin's returns but increase its volatility, which remains high for three days post-fork.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4762591
- Identifier: SSRN 4762591
- Released: 2024-03-17
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 41 (2024-03-20): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-03-20/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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