Understanding the Social Factors Affecting the Cryptocurrency Market

TL;DR

This paper explores how social and government factors influence the volatile cryptocurrency market and presents a survey to gauge societal acceptance of cryptocurrencies.

Contribution

It identifies key social and governmental factors affecting cryptocurrency fluctuations and provides empirical insights through a pilot survey on societal acceptance.

Findings

Social and government factors significantly impact cryptocurrency market volatility

Societal acceptance varies based on trust and regulatory environment

Survey results highlight diverse public perceptions of cryptocurrencies

Abstract

Blockchain and its application on cryptocurrency transactions have gathered a lot of attention and popularity since the birth of the pioneer Bitcoin in 2009. More than 1500 cryptocurrencies are currently circulated in the market. The technology underpinning Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is Blockchain and is a rapidly growing decentralized distributed ledger technology which find its major involvement in cryptocurrencies. But cryptocurrencies are of extremely volatile and fragile nature which makes it difficult to be used as a stable currency for transactions and devoid this market of human trust. Cryptocurrency market is controlled by various social and government factors which keeps it fluctuating. This paper identifies and discusses the important factors that govern the cryptocurrency market and analyzes the impact of these factors. A pilot user survey has also been presented at the end of this paper to understand and demonstrate the societal view of the acceptance of cryptocurrencies.