RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METAVERSE CRYPTOCURRENCIES (META COINS) AND SUSTAINABILITY INDICES

Abstract

Purpose- The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between metaverse and sustainability indices. MANA token was used as a metaverse indicator in the study. Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index (DJS_EMI), Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJS_WI), Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index (DJS_EI) were used as sustainability indices. Methodology- In this research, the dynamic relationships between Metaverse and 3 sustainable indices used in the study were analyzed with a time-varying parameter vector autoregressive (TVP-VAR) model. This method is based on the fixed parameter sliding window VAR approach, first developed by Antonakakis and Gabauer (2017) and later updated by Diebold and Yılmaz (2009, 2012, 2014). Findings- DSJ_EMI variable carries a volatility spread of 24.85% to “DSJ_WI”, 24.81% to “DSJ_EI” and 25.40% to “METAVERSE”. “DSJ_WI” has a 59.68% volatility spread to other variables. The variables “DSJ_EMI” 25.04%, “DSJ_EI” 25.10% and “METAVERSE” 24.69% carry out volatility spread. Finally, while 70.79% of the volatility change in the "METAVERSE" variable is due to itself, a total of 29.21% is due to other variables. The variables “DSJ_EMI” 9.74%, “DSJ_WI” 9.74% and “DSJ_EI” 9.73% perform volatility spread. Conclusion- Mana (Decentraland Token) is the cryptocurrency used in the virtual reality platform called Decentraland. Metaverse refers to a digital universe called virtual reality, augmented reality and virtual world. Decentraland is a decentralized virtual reality platform that allows users to create, trade and interact with their own digital content.As a result of the analysis, it was determined that MANA, a Metavarse crypto asset, spreads volatility to sustainability indices. In other words, the MANA token spreads volatility to sustainability indices.

Keywords

• Metaverse
• metaverse cryptocurrincies
• meta coins
• sustainability ındex
• TVP-VAR

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