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Forecasting Cryptocurrency Prices in COVID-19 Phase: Convergence Study on Naver Trends and Deep Learning

COVID-19 국면의 암호화폐 가격 예측: 네이버트렌드와 딥러닝의 융합 연구

  • 김선웅 (국민대학교 비즈니스IT전문대학원)
  • Received : 2022.01.17
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.03.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze whether investor anxiety caused by COVID-19 affects cryptocurrency prices in the COVID-19 pandemic, and to experiment with cryptocurrency price prediction based on a deep learning model. Investor anxiety is calculated by combining Naver's Corona search index and Corona confirmed information, analyzing Granger causality with cryptocurrency prices, and predicting cryptocurrency prices using deep learning models. The experimental results are as follows. First, CCI indicators showed significant Granger causality in the returns of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Lightcoin. Second, LSTM with CCI as an input variable showed high predictive performance. Third, Bitcoin's price prediction performance was the highest in comparison between cryptocurrencies. This study is of academic significance in that it is the first attempt to analyze the relationship between Naver's Corona search information and cryptocurrency prices in the Corona phase. In future studies, extended studies into various deep learning models are needed to increase price prediction accuracy.

본 연구의 목적은 COVID-19 팬데믹 국면에서 코로나 발생과 확산에 따른 투자자 불안심리가 암호화폐 가격에 영향을 미치는지를 분석하고, 딥러닝 모형에 기반하여 암호화폐의 가격 예측을 실험하는 것이다. 투자자 불안심리는 네이버의 코로나 검색지수와 코로나 확진자 정보를 결합하여 산출하며, 암호화폐 가격과의 그랜저 인과성을 분석하고 딥러닝모형을 이용하여 암호화폐 가격을 예측한다. 실험 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, CCI 지표는 비트코인, 이더리움, 라이트코인의 수익률에 유의적인 그랜저 인과성을 보여주었다. 둘째, CCI를 입력변수로 하는 LSTM은 높은 예측성과를 보여주었다. 셋째, 암호화폐 사이의 비교에서는 비트코인의 가격 예측 성과가 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구는 코로나 국면에서 네이버 코로나 검색 정보와 암호화폐 가격과의 관련성을 분석한 첫 시도라는 점에서 학술적 의의를 찾을 수 있다. 향후 연구에서는 가격 예측 정확성을 높이기 위하여 다양한 딥러닝 모형으로의 확장 연구가 필요하다.

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