This paper examines the performance of the large-cap cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), during the COVID-19 period (1/2/2020-30/12/2021) using sentiment analysis. Using the Google Trends tool, we try to quantify users’ intention to buy and sell BTC and ETH, and their...

Purpose – This paper tries to contribute to financial modelling and decision-making in investment strategies by presenting that sentiment analysis using Google trends can explain the performance of Bitcoin (BTC) during the COVID-19 pandemic period (1/1/2020-26/3/2021). The information from...

The purpose of this note is to present a behavioral and computational analysis of the performance of Bitcoin (BTC) during the COVID-19 period 31.12.2019-31.03.2021. In order to quantitatively include a health fear index into our analysis, we employ a code which is based on the Google searches...

This paper examines the performance of the most popular and highly capitalized cryptocurrencies during the COVID-19 era under a sentiment analysis view. We investigate Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance (BNB) and Cardano (ADA) during the period 1/1/2020-30/9/2021. Using Google trends...