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Table 1 Summary of literature review

From: Whether and when did bitcoin sentiment matter for investors? Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Paper

Data Source

Data Period

Method

Findings

Eom et al. (2019)

Google trend analytics

Oct2011-May2017

VAR

Investor sentiment on Bitcoin can predict Bitcoin volatility

Burggraf et al. (2020)

Google trend analytics

Apr2013-Feb2019

OLS

VAR

The FEAR index negatively related to Bitcoin returns

Bouri et al. (2020)

Twitter feed data

7Aug2015-11Mar2020

GARCH

Investor happiness explains the volatility connectedness

Chen et al. (2020)

Google trend analytics

15Jan2020-24Apr2020

VAR

Fear sentiment can explain negative Bitcoin returns

Jo et al. (2020)

Google trend analytics

18Jul2010-26Feb2018

VAR

VIX and Bitcoin returns are negatively related

Oad Rajput et al. (2020)

Google trend analytics

2013–2018

OLS

GARCH

Bitcoin sentiment positively related to Bitcoin returns

Subramaniam and Chakraborty (2020)

Google trend analytics

Jan2013-Mar2018

VAR

Investors pay attention to the frequent news making and ranked cryptos at all phases

Anamika et al. (2021)

Sentix index

Sep2017-Feb2020

OLS

VAR

Bitcoin returns positively react to the changes in Sentix

Goodell and Goutte (2021)

Bitcoin prices

31Dec2019-29Apr2020

Wavelet

Levels of COVID-19 caused a rise in Bitcoin prices

Guegan and Renault (2021)

Twitter feed data

Aug2017-Dec2019

OLS

VAR

Justify an existing causality between return and sentiment

Guler (2021)

Google trend analytics

Feb2018-Aug2020

GARCH

VAR

Investor sentiment positively related to Bitcoin returns

  1. This table summarizes the selected papers discussed in the Related Literature section