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Currently, the advantages of decentralization through blockchain technology in the financial sector are actively discussed. In this article, we investigate the decentralization in the governance of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2023-11-07 Kirill Kolmykov

This paper investigates the evolving landscape of decentralized finance (DeFi) by examining its foundational concepts, research trends, and ecosystem. A bibliometric analysis was conducted to identify thematic clusters and track the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Carlos J. Costa

Fraud across the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem is growing, with victims losing billions to DeFi scams every year. However, there is a disconnect between the reported value of these scams and associated legal prosecutions. We use…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Arianna Trozze , Toby Davies , Bennett Kleinberg

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is increasingly studied and adopted for its potential to provide accessible and transparent financial services. Analyzing how investors use DeFi is important for reaching a better understanding of their usage…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Natkamon Tovanich , Célestin Coquidé , Rémy Cazabet

The decentralized finance (DeFi) community has grown rapidly in recent years, pushed forward by cryptocurrency enthusiasts interested in the vast untapped potential of new markets. The surge in popularity of cryptocurrency has ushered in a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Adriana Watson , Grant Richards , Daniel Schiff

As data is an essential asset for any DeFi application, selecting an oracle is a critical decision for its success. To date, academic research has mainly focused on improving oracle technology and internal economics, while the drivers of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Giulio Caldarelli

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) enables many novel applications that were impossible in traditional finances. However, it also introduces new types of vulnerabilities. An example of such vulnerabilities is a composability bug between token…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Sujin Han , Jinseo Kim , Sung-Ju Lee , Insu Yun

Blockchain-based decentralised lending is a rapidly growing and evolving alternative to traditional lending, but it poses new risks. To mitigate these risks, lending protocols have integrated automated risk management tools into their smart…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2025-10-02 Erum Iftikhar , Wei Wei , John Cartlidge

Lending protocols in decentralized finance enable the permissionless exchange of capital from lenders to borrowers without relying on a trusted third party for clearing or market-making. Interest rates are set by the supply and demand of…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2023-08-17 Lioba Heimbach , Eric Schertenleib , Roger Wattenhofer

Smart contracts power decentralized financial (DeFi) services but are vulnerable to security exploits that can lead to significant financial losses. Existing security measures often fail to adequately protect these contracts due to the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Zhiyang Chen , Sidi Mohamed Beillahi , Pasha Barahimi , Cyrus Minwalla , Han Du , Andreas Veneris , Fan Long

Recently, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms on Ethereum are booming, and numerous traders are trying to capitalize on the opportunity for maximizing their benefits by launching front-running attacks and extracting Miner Extractable…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Xingyu Lyu , Mengya Zhang , Xiaokuan Zhang , Jianyu Niu , Yinqian Zhang , Zhiqiang Lin

Smart contracts led to the emergence of the decentralized finance (DeFi) marketplace within blockchain ecosystems, where diverse participants engage in financial activities. In traditional finance, there are possibilities to create values,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Rasheed , Yash Chaurasia , Parth Desai , Sujit Gujar

The rapid growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) has led to the widespread use of automated agents, or bots, within blockchain ecosystems like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Solana. While these bots enhance market efficiency and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Ahmed Mounsf Rafik Bendada , Abdelaziz Amara Korba , Mouhamed Amine Bouchiha , Yacine Ghamri-Doudane

The primary innovation we pioneer -- focused on blockchain information security -- is called the Safe-House. The Safe-House is badly needed since there are many ongoing hacks and security concerns in the DeFi space right now. The Safe-House…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Ravi Kashyap

Decentralized applications (dApps) in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) face a fundamental tension between regulatory compliance requirements like Know Your Customer (KYC) and maintaining decentralization and privacy. Existing permissioned DeFi…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Fabian Piper , Karl Wolf , Jonathan Heiss

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is built on a fundamentally different paradigm: rather than having to trust individuals and institutions, participants in DeFi potentially only have to trust computer code that is enforced by a decentralized…

General Economics · Economics 2022-07-14 Kanis Saengchote , Talis Putniņš , Krislert Samphantharak

In this paper, we propose a fully decentralized and smart contract-based insurance protocol. We identify various issues in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) insurance context and propose a solution to overcome these shortcomings. We…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-12-21 Matthias Nadler , Felix Bekemeier , Fabian Schär

We develop a model of stable assets, including non-custodial stablecoins backed by cryptocurrencies. Such stablecoins are popular methods for bootstrapping price stability within public blockchain settings. We derive fundamental results…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2023-03-31 Ariah Klages-Mundt , Andreea Minca

Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) refers to a class of attacks to decentralized applications where the adversary profits by manipulating the ordering, inclusion, or exclusion of transactions in a blockchain. Decentralized Finance (DeFi)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Massimo Bartoletti , Riccardo Marchesin , Roberto Zunino

In many blockchains, e.g., Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), the primary representation used for wallet addresses is a hardly memorable 40-digit hexadecimal string. As a result, users often select addresses from their recent transaction…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Taro Tsuchiya , Jin-Dong Dong , Kyle Soska , Nicolas Christin