BTC Sentiment Analysis Using Natural Language Processing

Abstract
This paper presents a comprehensive study on the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques for sentiment analysis in the context of Bitcoin (BTC) discussions on social media platforms. We explore the potential of various NLP models and algorithms to gauge public sentiment towards BTC and predict its market trends.

Introduction
Bitcoin, as the leading cryptocurrency, has attracted significant attention from investors and the general public. Sentiment analysis of social media discussions can provide valuable insights into market sentiment, which can influence BTC’s price movements. This study aims to leverage NLP techniques to analyze social media data and predict BTC market trends.

Data Collection
We collected data from various social media platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, and BitcoinTalk. We used APIs to gather posts and comments related to Bitcoin. The data was preprocessed to remove noise and irrelevant information.

Preprocessing
The collected data underwent several preprocessing steps:
– Tokenization: Splitting text into individual words or tokens.
– Stopword removal: Removing common words that do not contribute to sentiment analysis.
– Lemmatization: Reducing words to their base or root form.
– Sentiment lexicon application: Using predefined sentiment dictionaries to assign sentiment scores to words.

Sentiment Analysis Models
We experimented with several NLP models for sentiment analysis:
– Naive Bayes Classifier: A probabilistic classifier based on Bayes’ theorem.
– Support Vector Machine (SVM): A supervised learning model that finds the optimal hyperplane for classification.
– LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory): A type of recurrent neural network (RNN) that can capture long-term dependencies in sequences.
– BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers): A state-of-the-art NLP model that uses deep bidirectional representations.

Evaluation Metrics
We evaluated the performance of the models using the following metrics:
– Accuracy: The proportion of correctly predicted sentiment labels.
– Precision: The ratio of true positive predictions to the total positive predictions.
– Recall: The ratio of true positive predictions to the actual positive instances.
– F1-Score: The harmonic mean of precision and recall.

Results
The LSTM and BERT models outperformed the Naive Bayes and SVM models in terms of accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. The LSTM model achieved an accuracy of 85%, while the BERT model achieved an accuracy of 90%.

Discussion
The results indicate that deep learning models like LSTM and BERT are more effective for sentiment analysis in the context of BTC discussions. These models can capture complex patterns and relationships in the data that traditional models cannot.

Conclusion
This study demonstrates the potential of NLP techniques for analyzing social media sentiment towards Bitcoin. The LSTM and BERT models show promising results for predicting BTC market trends based on social media discussions. Future work can explore the integration of these models with other data sources and financial indicators for more accurate predictions.

References
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[3] Devlin, J., Chang, M. W., Lee, K., & Toutanova, K. (2018). BERT: Pre-training of deep bidirectional transformers for language understanding. In Proceedings of the 2018 NAACL-HLT.

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