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title: Do ETFs Tame Crypto Crashes? Evidence from Eight Staggered Spot ETF Launches
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/7665846/
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updated: 2026-10-30
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 7665846
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7665846
featured: 2026-10-30
citations: unknown
topic: Crypto & DeFi
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# Do ETFs Tame Crypto Crashes? Evidence from Eight Staggered Spot ETF Launches

Analysis of eight staggered spot cryptoasset ETF launches finds that late-2025 altcoin ETFs reduced daily volatility by about eighteen percent, though crash propensity remained unchanged.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7665846
- Identifier: SSRN 7665846
- Released: 2026-10-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 137 (2026-10-30): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-30/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi
- Authors: sheeba kapil, HARDEK S. KAPIL

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