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5 papers
Pump-and-Dump meets Honeypot Tokens: Detection and Analysis of Telegram Bait-and-Trap Schemes
Federico Cernera, Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei +1
While Pump-and-Dump schemes have been extensively studied on centralized exchanges (CEXs), how they operate in decentralized exchanges (DEXs) remains largely unexplored. We monitor…
The Conspiracy Money Machine: Uncovering Telegram's Conspiracy Channels and their Profit Model
Vincenzo Imperati, Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei +2
In recent years, major social media platforms have implemented increasingly strict moderation policies, resulting in bans and restrictions on conspiracy theory-related content. To…
Token Spammers, Rug Pulls, and SniperBots: An Analysis of the Ecosystem of Tokens in Ethereum and in the Binance Smart Chain (BNB)
Federico Cernera, Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei +1
In this work, we perform a longitudinal analysis of the BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum blockchain from their inception to March 2022. We study the ecosystem of the tokens and liquidi…
The Doge of Wall Street: Analysis and Detection of Pump and Dump Cryptocurrency Manipulations
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Francesco Sassi +1
Cryptocurrencies are increasingly popular. Even people who are not experts have started to invest in these assets, and nowadays, cryptocurrency exchanges process transactions for o…
Pump and Dumps in the Bitcoin Era: Real Time Detection of Cryptocurrency Market Manipulations
Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Francesco Sassi +1
In the last years, cryptocurrencies are increasingly popular. Even people who are not experts have started to invest in these securities and nowadays cryptocurrency exchanges proce…