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Using intraday data, this study employs the VAR-DCC-GARCH model to examine return and volatility transmission among Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin during the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods We find that the return spillovers differ across both periods for the Bitcoin-Ethereum, Bitcoin-Litecoin, and Ethereum-Litecoin pairs The volatility transmission is not significant between cryptocurrencies during the pre-COVID-19 period We also find that the volatility spillover is unidirectional from Bitcoin to Ethereum and bidirectional between Ethereum and Litecoin during the COVID-19 period Moreover, volatility transmission is not significant between Bitcoin and Litecoin during the COVID-19 period The dynamic conditional correlations between all pairs of cryptocurrencies are higher during the COVID-19 period than during the pre-COVID-19 period Lastly, we compute the optimal portfolio weights, time-varying hedge ratios, and hedging effectiveness for all pairs of cryptocurrencies during the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods Overall, our findings provide new insights into channels of information transmission, which may improve the investment decisions and trading strategies of portfolio investors during crisis and non-crisis periods
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