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Main Authors: Wu, Xintong, Tsai, Peiting, Yuan, Jing, Yu, Michael, Sun, Greg, Zhang, Luyao
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20192
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author Wu, Xintong
Tsai, Peiting
Yuan, Jing
Yu, Michael
Sun, Greg
Zhang, Luyao
author_facet Wu, Xintong
Tsai, Peiting
Yuan, Jing
Yu, Michael
Sun, Greg
Zhang, Luyao
contents Decentraland, a decentralized virtual reality platform operating within the expanding Metaverse ecosystem, utilizes its native MANA token to facilitate virtual asset transactions and governance. This study investigates the integration of Discord community sentiment with multi-modal financial data to enhance cryptocurrency price prediction within virtual world economies. We address: (1) identifying sentiment patterns within Decentraland's Discord community, and (2) evaluating the impact of multi-modal features on token return forecasting. Using a BERT-based large language model for sentiment analysis, we develop two LSTM architectures: a baseline incorporating historical prices and a multi-modal variant integrating sentiment scores, trading volume, and market capitalization. Results indicate predominantly neutral community sentiment with a positive skew. The multi-modal model significantly outperforms the price-only baseline in prediction accuracy. These findings demonstrate the predictive value of community-derived signals for virtual economy forecasting and establish a foundation for future research at the intersection of immersive virtual environments, natural language processing, and cryptocurrency market analysis.
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spellingShingle Leveraging Large Language Models for Sentiment Analysis: Multi-Modal Analysis of Decentraland's MANA Token
Wu, Xintong
Tsai, Peiting
Yuan, Jing
Yu, Michael
Sun, Greg
Zhang, Luyao
Computation and Language
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Cryptography and Security
Computers and Society
Computational Finance
Decentraland, a decentralized virtual reality platform operating within the expanding Metaverse ecosystem, utilizes its native MANA token to facilitate virtual asset transactions and governance. This study investigates the integration of Discord community sentiment with multi-modal financial data to enhance cryptocurrency price prediction within virtual world economies. We address: (1) identifying sentiment patterns within Decentraland's Discord community, and (2) evaluating the impact of multi-modal features on token return forecasting. Using a BERT-based large language model for sentiment analysis, we develop two LSTM architectures: a baseline incorporating historical prices and a multi-modal variant integrating sentiment scores, trading volume, and market capitalization. Results indicate predominantly neutral community sentiment with a positive skew. The multi-modal model significantly outperforms the price-only baseline in prediction accuracy. These findings demonstrate the predictive value of community-derived signals for virtual economy forecasting and establish a foundation for future research at the intersection of immersive virtual environments, natural language processing, and cryptocurrency market analysis.
title Leveraging Large Language Models for Sentiment Analysis: Multi-Modal Analysis of Decentraland's MANA Token
topic Computation and Language
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Cryptography and Security
Computers and Society
Computational Finance
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20192