You should focus as much as on the news as you focus on the data. Many of people who buy bitcoins are here just for quick profits, the moment they say things going south, they cashout. I agree with ferumflix.
News data will be essential for the AI here is an example, on a pump day, there will be lots of tweets, same is true on a dump date, how will the neural network differentiate. The future trends? The answer is in understanding the context. Will it be able to do that?