Analisis Potensi dan Risiko Investasi Cryptocurrency di Indonesia

Abstract

Cryptocurrency or virtual currency is a kind of investment that is common since 2010. Nowadays, there are more than 2.000 cryptocurrencies around the world. Research about cryptocurrency in Indonesia still focused on the legal or religious status of its investment. This descriptive-quantitative research aim is to describe the return and the risk of cryptocurrency investment. Therefore, we use the descriptive analysis and the GARCH (1,1) model to the return data of 15 cryptocurrencies with the largest market value. Most of these cryptocurrencies can yield a higher return when compared with the return of the foreign exchange and stock market return. Despite this benefit, they exhibit higher risks and volatility clustering or heteroscedasticity. Further research should be done to reveal more properties of their return and performance in portfolio