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Wish or reality? : On the exploitability of triangular arbitrage in cryptocurrency markets
Muck, Matthias; Schmidl, Thomas; Wolf, Julian (2025): Wish or reality? : On the exploitability of triangular arbitrage in cryptocurrency markets, in: Finance Research Letters, New York: Elsevier Science, Jg. 73, Nr. 106508, S. 1–9, doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.106508.
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Finance Research Letters
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1544-6123
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2025
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73
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106508
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English
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This study investigates the efficiency of cryptocurrency markets by examining the presence and exploitability of arbitrage opportunities. Using high-frequency data from the Binance Exchange, we implement a triangular arbitrage strategy, considering Bitcoin, Litecoin, and the U.S. Dollar. We find 4,879 possible arbitrage opportunities. Although these findings suggest potential inefficiencies, transaction costs and limited trading volumes in the order book eliminate their profitability. Consequently, centralized cryptocurrency markets exhibit a high degree of efficiency. Moreover, our results suggest that the mere number of triangular arbitrage opportunities is not a reliable indicator of market inefficiency.
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Triangular arbitrage
Cryptocurrencies
Market efficiency
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December 11, 2024
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