Download Data

All files are free for academic and non-commercial use. Please cite the project and Liu et al. (2022). Each factor file has columns week_start, CMKT, CSIZE, CMOM (weekly, decimal returns).

Factor series

Two construction universes, two independent data sources. The investable series compute breakpoints on the investable universe (the recommended series — see Results); the all-coin series follow the original full-universe convention for comparison with Liu et al. (2022).

Source Universe CSV Parquet
CoinGecko Investable (recommended) factors_cg_investable.csv .parquet
CoinGecko All-coin (Liu-style) factors_cg_all.csv .parquet
CoinMarketCap Investable factors_cmc_investable.csv .parquet
CoinMarketCap All-coin (Liu-style) factors_cmc_all.csv .parquet

Canonical spec: stablecoins excluded, sharp calendar, value-weighted, quintile size sort, two-week momentum, gap-corrected returns, investable-momentum signal.

Multiverse & analysis tables

The full specification multiverse and the cross-sectional evidence behind the Results:

File Contents
multiverse_results.csv One row per specification (4,608 worlds): factor means + Fama-MacBeth pricing stats
factor_survival.csv Long-short significance of the 10 characteristics, full vs investable
calendar_study.csv Pricing by week-start calendar (investable world)
calendar_study_allcoin.csv Pricing by week-start calendar (all-coin world)

Use in R / Python

# direct from the site
f <- read.csv("https://opencryptoassetpricing.com/data/factors_cg_investable.csv")

# or parquet via arrow
library(arrow)
f <- read_parquet("https://opencryptoassetpricing.com/data/factors_cg_investable.parquet")
import pandas as pd
f = pd.read_csv("https://opencryptoassetpricing.com/data/factors_cg_investable.csv")

The underlying coin data is retrieved with the crypto2 R package (CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko), so every series here is fully reproducible from source.

File format

Column Description
week_start Week start date (YYYY-MM-DD), sharp-calendar convention
CMKT Market excess return (value-weighted, minus 1-month T-bill)
CSIZE Size factor (small minus big)
CMOM Momentum factor (winners minus losers, two-week)

Coverage & license

  • Coverage: 2014 to present; CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko, both survivorship-bias-free (delisted/inactive coins retained).
  • License: free for academic and non-commercial use; please cite Stoeckl (2026) and Liu et al. (2022).

References

Liu, Y., Tsyvinski, A., & Wu, X. (2022). Common risk factors in cryptocurrency. The Journal of Finance, 77(2), 1133–1177. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.13119
Stoeckl, S. (2026). Open crypto asset pricing. University of Liechtenstein. https://huggingface.co/datasets/sstoeckl/opencryptoassetpricing