We further explore the significance of cryptocurrency fundamentals at the aggregate market level using traditional asset pricing tests. For this analysis, we construct risk factors that are based on aggregate values of computing power and network. We denote the aggregate computing power factor with ACP and aggregate network factor with ANET. The innovation in constructing these factors is that we express them in cryptocurrency return units following the factor mimicking portfolio approach (Knez et al. 1994, Lamont 2001, Vassalou 2003).
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Ethereum gained 1.66% to $4,808 and Dogecoin was trading 4.08% higher at $0.2837. Digital token Stellar climbed 3.56% to $0.3817 and XRP rose 0.01% to $1.27.