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Performance of Cryptocurrencies Under a Sentiment Analysis Approach in the Time of COVID-19

In: Data Analytics for Management, Banking and Finance

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  • Evangelos Vasileiou

    (University of the Aegean, Department of Financial and Management Engineering)

  • Petros Koutrakos

    (University of the Aegean, Department of Financial and Management Engineering)

Abstract

This chapter presents a sentiment analysis model that examines the performance of the most popular and highly capitalized cryptocurrencies during the COVID-19 era. Specifically, we look at the performance of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance (BNB), and Cardano (ADA) during the period 1/1/2020–30/9/2021. We do not use unique and expensive data and we do not apply complex models for our analysis. Instead, we construct behavioral indices based on Google trends data and we test the impact of these indices on the performance of BTC, ETH, BNB, and ADA. We used open source software, such as Python, so similar analysis can be carried out by anyone who is interested in financial markets. The results of this study support the following conclusions: (i) when the health risk increases, the BTC, BNB, and ADA prices fall (and vice versa), (ii) the Google trends indices, which reveal the users’ intention to buy a cryptocurrency, could be useful indicators of crypto performance, but (iii) the sell sentiment, at least in our case, does not have any statistically significant effect. Thus, sentiment analysis based on Google searches could be useful for practitioners, investors, analysts, and scholars, and further study on this direction should be done.

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  • Evangelos Vasileiou & Petros Koutrakos, 2023. "Performance of Cryptocurrencies Under a Sentiment Analysis Approach in the Time of COVID-19," Springer Books, in: Foued Saâdaoui & Yichuan Zhao & Hana Rabbouch (ed.), Data Analytics for Management, Banking and Finance, pages 255-265, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-36570-6_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36570-6_11
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