PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Benjamin McMillan
AU  - Joshua Myers
AU  - An Nguyen
AU  - Don Robinson
AU  - Mark Kennard
TI  - Analysis and Comparison of Natural Language Processing Algorithms as Applied to Bitcoin Conversations on Social Media
AID  - 10.3905/joi.2021.1.213
DP  - 2022 Jan 31
TA  - The Journal of Investing
PG  - 38--59
VI  - 31
IP  - 2
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/31/2/38.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/31/2/38.full
AB  - Institutional interest in bitcoin has grown significantly since its “bubble highs” in 2017; and given its lack of traditional fundamentals, investor sentiment is likely to drive price discovery. As social media has grown, Reddit has evolved to host significant conversations regarding bitcoin (‘r/bitcoin’) and general investing (‘r/investing’). We focus on these two channels using four distinct natural language processing algorithms to create an ensemble sentiment score and measure the relationship of the score to the change in bitcoin’s price.