Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United kingdom http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1920-4658 Cryptocurrency price drivers: Wavelet coherence analysis revisited Ross C. Phillips, Denise Gorse Published: April 18, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195200 Article Authors Metrics Comments Media Coverage
A blockchain is spread across many computers that manages and records transactions.

If an investor believes in the technology-backed digital currency, then cryptocurrency should be his cup of tea. Just a decade-old asset class, it has yielded astronomical returns over the years. Some investors look to use these digitally coded tokens to hedge against inflation. Despite high volatility and speculations, there are multiple reasons that they can become mainstream in the coming future.
OK perhaps that’s a little far-fetched. But what is behind crypto’s crazy climb over the past 18 months, we hear you ask? We don’t mean to suggest that the pandemic hasn’t been involved, because we think it has, but not in the way that this chart criminal implies — not, in other words, because it’s some kind of safe haven that traders flock to when they are worried about Covid cases rising; the data don’t bear that idea out.