DS105 Group Project

Welcome to Our DS105 Project Website

Exploring Mimetic Behaviour in the Digital Assets Market

This site showcases our DS105 group project, which investigates how mimetic (herd-like) behaviour influences activity in the cryptocurrency market. Mimetic behaviour occurs when traders follow others’ actions rather than making independent decisions — a pattern particularly common in volatile environments like crypto.

We focus on three major cryptocurrencies:

• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• Solana

Using data from:

• The Fear & Greed Index (to measure market sentiment)
• CoinGecko API (to gather trading volume, volatility, and pricing data)

Our Research Question

What are the effects of mimetic behaviour in the digital assets market?

By examining how market sentiment aligns with price trends and trading patterns, we aim to understand whether shifts in public mood prompt herd-like responses in trading behaviour.

Explore the Website

Use the navigation bar above to explore:

• About: Learn more about our project and team.
• Data Sources: See where our data came from and how we accessed it.
• Data Collection and Processing: Understand how we handled and cleaned the data.
• Findings: View our key visualisations and analysis.
• Analysis: Our interpretations through social, statistical, and philosophical lenses

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