3 papers
q-fin.GN2026
Tempting the Agent: The Economics of Reputation without Persistent Identity in AI Agent Markets
Federico Gatta, Manuel Naviglio, Francesco Tarantelli
Reputation is a fundamental mechanism through which markets sustain trust when service quality cannot be perfectly assessed ex ante, constituting a form of intertemporal economic c…
q-fin.ST2026
Predicting the success of new crypto-tokens: the Pump.fun case
Giulio Marino, Manuel Naviglio, Francesco Tarantelli +1
We study the dynamics of token launched on Pump.fun, a Solana-based launchpad platform, to identify the determinants of the token success. Pump.fun employs a bonding curve mechanis…
q-fin.CP2025
Price manipulation schemes of new crypto-tokens in decentralized exchanges
Manuel Naviglio, Francesco Tarantelli, Fabrizio Lillo
Blockchain technology has revolutionized financial markets by enabling decentralized exchanges (DEXs) that operate without intermediaries. Uniswap V2, a leading DEX, facilitates th…