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We provide an overview of decentralized protocols like Compound and Aave that offer collateralized loans for cryptoasset investors. Compound and Aave are two of the most important application in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-08-02 Carlos Castro-Iragorri , Julian Ramirez , Sebastian Velez

Thanks to the advances in machine learning, data-driven analysis tools have become valuable solutions for various applications. However, there still remain essential challenges to develop effective data-driven methods because of the need to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-04-02 Gihan J. Mendis , Yifu Wu , Jin Wei , Moein Sabounchi , Rigoberto Roche'

Bitcoin introduced delegation of control over a monetary system from a select few to all who participate in that system. This delegation is known as the decentralization of controlling power and is a powerful security mechanism for the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-29 Ashish Rajendra Sai , Jim Buckley , Brian Fitzgerald , Andrew Le Gear

Decentralized applications are often composed of multiple interconnected smart contracts. This is especially evident in DeFi, where protocols are heavily intertwined and rely on a variety of basic building blocks such as tokens,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Emily Priyadarshini , Massimo Bartoletti

Asset custody is a core financial service in which the custodian holds in-safekeeping assets on behalf of the client. Although traditional custody service is typically endorsed by centralized authorities, decentralized custody scheme has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Zhaohua Chen , Guang Yang

Decentralization has been touted as the principal security advantage which propelled blockchain systems at the forefront of developments in the financial technology space. Its exact semantics nevertheless remain highly contested and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Christina Ovezik , Dimitris Karakostas , Aggelos Kiayias

With the development of decentralized finance (DeFi), lending protocols have been increasingly proposed in the market. A comprehensive and in-depth evaluation of lending protocol is essential to the DeFi market participants. Due to the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Shuai Yang , Wei Cui

In traditional banking, repeated deposit-and-lend cycles let a single dollar of reserves support multiple dollars of claims. Decentralized finance produces an analogous structure with tokens. Constructing a Token Graph of 10,200 tokens…

General Economics · Economics 2026-03-31 Wenbin Wu

There is a growing interest today in blockchain technology as a possible foundation for the future global financial ecosystem. However, in order for this future financial ecosystem to be truly global, with a high degree of interoperability…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Thomas Hardjono , Ned Smith

This thesis provides an in-depth exploration of the Decentralized Co-governance Crowdfunding (DCC) Ecosystem, a novel solution addressing prevailing challenges in conventional crowdfunding methods faced by MSMEs and innovative projects.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Bingyou Chen , Yu Luo , Jieni Li , Yujian Li , Ying Liu , Fan Yang , Junge Bo , Yanan Qiao

Deepfake technology is a major threat to the integrity of digital media. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for a blockchain-based decentralized system designed to tackle the escalating challenge of digital content integrity. The…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Dipankar Sarkar

Effective risk management solutions become absolutely crucial when financial markets embrace distributed technology and decentralized financing (DeFi). This study offers a thorough survey and comparative analysis of the integration of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Akaash Vishal Hazarika , Mahak Shah , Swapnil Patil , Pradyumna Shukla

Cryptocurrencies gain trust in users by publicly disclosing the full creation and transaction history. In return, the transaction history faithfully records the whole spectrum of cryptocurrency user behaviors. This article analyzes and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Xiao Fan Liu , Xin-Jian Jiang , Si-Hao Liu , Chi Kong Tse

With the rapid development of technology, blockchain and artificial intelligence technology are playing a huge role in all walks of life. In the financial sector, blockchain solves many security problems in data storage and management in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Junjun Huang

This paper discusses a decentralized finance (DeFi) application called MakerDAO. The Maker Protocol, built on the Ethereum blockchain, enables users to create and hold currency. Current elements of the Maker Protocol are the Dai stable…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-11-01 Jason Chen , Kathy Fogel , Kose John

Open banking enables individual customers to own their banking data, which provides fundamental support for the boosting of a new ecosystem of data marketplaces and financial services. In the near future, it is foreseeable to have…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Guodong Long , Yue Tan , Jing Jiang , Chengqi Zhang

Blockchain technology transformed the digital sphere by providing a transparent, secure, and decentralized platform for data security across a range of industries, including cryptocurrencies and supply chain management. Blockchain's…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Bilash Saha , Md Mehedi Hasan , Nafisa Anjum , Sharaban Tahora , Aiasha Siddika , Hossain Shahriar

Decentralized financial (DeFi) applications on the Ethereum blockchain are highly interoperable because they share a single state in a deterministic computational environment. Stakeholders can deposit claims on assets, referred to as…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Victor von Wachter , Johannes Rude Jensen , Omri Ross

The Financial system has witnessed rapid technological changes. The rise of Bitcoin and other crypto assets based on Distributed Ledger Technology mark a fundamental change in the way people transact and transmit value over a decentralized…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2024-10-02 Arindam Misra

In recent years, blockchain technology has been recognized as a transformative innovation in the tech world, and it has quickly become the core infrastructure of digital currencies such as Bitcoin and an important tool in various…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Mohsen Ghorbian , Mostafa Ghobaei-Arani