2019
DOI: 10.1111/exsy.12493
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Advanced social media sentiment analysis for short‐term cryptocurrency price prediction

Abstract: In recent years, the scrutiny of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as legal and regulated components of financial systems has been increasing. Bitcoin is currently one of the largest cryptocurrencies in terms of capital market share. Therefore, this study proposes that sentiment analysis can be used as a computational tool to predict the prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for different time intervals. A key characteristic of the cryptocurrency market is that the fluctuation of currency prices depend… Show more

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“…They show that a bi-directional causal relationship between Bitcoin attention and Bitcoin returns is well-documented. Wołk (2019) analyzes the impact of social media on cryptocurrency prices. In this regard, Twitter and Google Trends are used in order to predict the short-term prices of digital currencies given that such social media platforms are employed to affect purchasing decisions.…”
Section: What Do You Learn About Social Media Bitcoin and Covid-19 Pandemic?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They show that a bi-directional causal relationship between Bitcoin attention and Bitcoin returns is well-documented. Wołk (2019) analyzes the impact of social media on cryptocurrency prices. In this regard, Twitter and Google Trends are used in order to predict the short-term prices of digital currencies given that such social media platforms are employed to affect purchasing decisions.…”
Section: What Do You Learn About Social Media Bitcoin and Covid-19 Pandemic?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, this is only a minimal estimate, which is highly dependent on the volatility of cryptocurrency prices and network load. 13 In the past, there were cases where a budget restriction of the decentralized system would not allow transactions to take place for several months or would have greatly exceeded that budget. In addition, the minimum value obtained does not consider the cost of any additional logic other than the plain write of the data obtained from experts and secure interaction through transaction delegation.…”
Section: Cost Estimationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sentiment analysis using Twitter and Google Trends forms another new tool to forecast Bitcoin prices. For instance, Wołk [58] recently mobilized this computational tool to predict the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for different time intervals. The author highlights that people's psychological and behavioral attitudes significantly impact the highly speculative cryptocurrency prices.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%