Assessing global and local interest in eNaira CBDC and cryptocurrency information: implications for financial stability

Ozili, Peterson K (2023): Assessing global and local interest in eNaira CBDC and cryptocurrency information: implications for financial stability. Forthcoming in:

Abstract

Abstract This paper investigates the global and local interest in internet information about cryptocurrency and the Nigeria central bank digital currency which is also known as eNaira. Granger causality test and GMM coefficient matrix methodologies were used. The findings reveal that there is sustained increase in global and local interest in internet information about eNaira in the first six weeks after eNaira adoption. Local interest in internet information about cryptocurrency in Nigeria exceeded global interest in internet information about cryptocurrency. The South-East region had the highest interest in cryptocurrency information followed by the South-South, the North-Central, the North-East, the North-West and the South-West regions. In contrast, the North-East region had the highest interest in internet information about eNaira followed by the North-West, the North-Central, the South-West, the South-South and the South-East regions. Nigeria recorded the highest global interest in internet information about cryptocurrency and eNaira while Japan and Brazil recorded the lowest interest during the period. The correlation results show a significant and positive correlation between interest in cryptocurrency information and interest in eNaira information. The granger causality results show that global interest in cryptocurrency information causes both global and local interest in eNaira information. Also, local interest in cryptocurrency information causes global interest in eNaira information. The GMM regression coefficient matrix shows a significant positive relationship between interest in cryptocurrency information and eNaira information.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: internet, information, trends, eNaira, cryptocurrency, central bank digital currency, CBDC, bitcoin
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G02 - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions ; Financial Instruments ; Institutional Investors; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G29 - Other; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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