Automated theme search in ICO whitepapers

• Main Authors: FU, Chuanjie, KOH, Andrew, GRIFFIN, Paul Robert
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Statistical methods; simulations; big data/machine learning; cryptocurrency; ICO; Databases and Information Systems; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4720
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The authors explore how topic modeling can be used to automate the categorization of initial coin offerings (ICOs) into different topics (e.g., finance, media, information, professional services, health and social, natural resources) based solely on the content within the whitepapers. This tool has...