TY - JOUR T1 - Analysis and Comparison of Natural Language Processing Algorithms as Applied to Bitcoin Conversations on Social Media JF - The Journal of Investing SP - 38 LP - 59 DO - 10.3905/joi.2021.1.213 VL - 31 IS - 2 AU - Benjamin McMillan AU - Joshua Myers AU - An Nguyen AU - Don Robinson AU - Mark Kennard Y1 - 2022/01/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/31/2/38.abstract N2 - 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. ER -