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18. Dynamic Topic Modelling for Cryptocurrency Community Forums

verfasst von : M. Linton, E. G. S. Teo, E. Bommes, C. Y. Chen, Wolfgang Karl Härdle

Erschienen in: Applied Quantitative Finance

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Cryptocurrencies are more and more used in official cash flows and exchange of goods. Bitcoin and the underlying blockchain technology have been looked at by big companies that are adopting and investing in this technology. The CRIX Index of cryptocurrencies http://​hu.​berlin/​CRIX indicates a wider acceptance of cryptos. One reason for its prosperity certainly being a security aspect, since the underlying network of cryptos is decentralized. It is also unregulated and highly volatile, making the risk assessment at any given moment difficult. In message boards one finds a huge source of information in the form of unstructured text written by e.g. Bitcoin developers and investors. We collect from a popular crypto currency message board texts, user information and associated time stamps. We then provide an indicator for fraudulent schemes. This indicator is constructed using dynamic topic modelling, text mining and unsupervised machine learning. We study how opinions and the evolution of topics are connected with big events in the cryptocurrency universe. Furthermore, the predictive power of these techniques are investigated, comparing the results to known events in the cryptocurrency space. We also test hypothesis of self-fulling prophecies and herding behaviour using the results.

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Metadaten
Titel
Dynamic Topic Modelling for Cryptocurrency Community Forums
verfasst von
M. Linton
E. G. S. Teo
E. Bommes
C. Y. Chen
Wolfgang Karl Härdle
Copyright-Jahr
2017
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54486-0_18