We have continued our work experimenting with cutting edge machine learning models for price predictions in the crypto space and have learned a lot of new things.
During this session we covered:
- The challenges of crypto-asset prediction models
- New trends and ideas we are excited about
- Some techs to follow
- A brief note about DeFi and crypto-quant models
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2. Agenda
● The challenges of crypto asset prediction models
● New trends and ideas we are excited about
● Some techs to follow
● A brief note about DeFi and crypto-quant models
11. We are seeing constant breakthroughs in
all sectors of artificial intelligence so why
not capital markets?
12. What Makes Capital Markets Challenging
as a Deep Learning Problem?
The Stability Challenge
• Markets are not static entities and are constantly changing
The Training Challenge
• In markets, the past is not a reflection of the future
The Irrationality Factor
• Markets are regularly vulnerable to irrational human
behaviors
13. Crypto brings a
new series of
challenges to
price predictive
models and quant
strategies…
14. A Different Set of Challenges in Crypto Asset
Predictions
Benefits Challenges
15.
16. How Do You Retrain a Prediction Model to
Handle This…?
20. Some Key Characteristics of Crypto as a Time-
Series Forecasting Problem
Multi-Variable
•Many, interrelated variables can lead to predictions
•Ex: order books spreads, blockchain exchange flow average…
Multi-Steps
•Prediction problems target multiple steps into the future
•Ex: Predicting Bitcoin prices every 5 mins, 10 mins, 60 mins…
Multi-Series
•Datasets includes thousands of related time-series
•Ex: order books, blockchain transactions…
Seasonal
•Vulnerable to seasonality and market events
•Ex: Launch of a new token, protocol changes…
21. The Evolution of Time-Series Forecasting
Methods
Statistical
Methods
Traditional
Machine
Learning
Deep
Learning
Complexity of the
Environment
Lack of Interpretability
22. ● ARIMA, DeepAR+, Prophet
● Easy to implement and fast to execute
● Poor resiliency to market fluctuations
● Limited number of potential predictors
● Hard to estimate predictors ahead of time
22
Time Series Forecasting Models
23. ● Computationally expensive to
execute at scale
● Difficult to interpret
● Many of the benefits such as
automated feature extraction are
hard to materialize
● Great to tackle sophisticated theses
23
Deep Learning Models
24. 24
Crypto and Time-Series Forecasting Methods
Statistical
Methods
Machine Learning
Methods
Deep Learning
Methods
25. Some new ideas about crypto-asset
predictions we are excited about…
26. Two Fundamental Challenges…
Accelerate
Experimentation
• Rapid experimentation is essential to uncover alpha
in crypto markets
Incorporate
Advanced
Research
Methods
• Research in times-series forecasting methods is
growing fast but remains difficult to adapt
41. Building a State of Art Infrastructure for
Crypto-Asset Predictions
AutoML Stacks
• Streamline the execution of many experiments in predictive models
• Ex: Azure AutoML, AWS AutoPilot, Amazon AutoGluon…
MLOPs & Interpretability Stacks
• Facilitate the interpretability of complex deep learning models
• Ex: Fiddler AI…
Feature Stores
• Store and manage features used in crypto prediction models
• Ex: Tecton, AWS SageMaker Feature Store, HopsWorks…
42. A quick note about DeFi and crypto-
predictive models…
43. DeFi represents a new and more transparent
playground for high frequency trading
strategies….
45. The Emergence of Intelligent DeFi Protocols
Intelligent AMMs
Alpha Generating Protocols
Intelligent Robo Advisors
46. 46
● The future of crypto asset predictions is based on deep learning models
● Representation learning and AutoML are trends that can streamline
productivity in the creation of crypto quant strategies
● Time-series forecasting research is accelerating at a rapid pace
● DeFi represents a new playground for intelligent quant strategies
Summary