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Title: Statistical analysis of the exchange rate of Bitcoin Authors:  Stephen Chan - University of Manchester (United Kingdom) [presenting]
Abstract: Bitcoin, the first electronic payment system, is becoming a popular currency. We provide a statistical analysis of the log-returns of the exchange rate of Bitcoin versus the United States Dollar. Fifteen of the most popular parametric distributions in finance are fitted to the log-returns. The generalized hyperbolic distribution is shown to give the best fit. Predictions are given for future values of the exchange rate.