Background and State-of-the-Art

This chapter presents the fundamental concepts put into practice throughout this thesis. In first place, the subject of Cryptocurrencies is introduced and complemented by a description of the overall panorama of the Cryptocurrency Exchange Market. Secondly, the two main approaches used for examining financial markets are explained. Thirdly, an overview of the principles of each of the four learning algorithms as well as the ensemble voting method employed in this work are presented. Lastly, to conclude this chapter, some academic papers related to this thesis will be reviewed to support some of the decisions made.