The 2nd International Workshop on Cryptoasset Analytics (CAAW)

May 15th, 2023: Recordings uploaded

April 4th, 2023: Accepted Papers and Tentative Program Update

February 25th, 2023: Camera ready deadline moved up to March 15. Reason: a platform change on the part of TheWebConference workshop committee.

February 6th 2023: Submission deadline extended to February 14th, 2023.

January 9th, 2023: Updated submission link.

December 1st 2022: Call for Papers has been published.

CAAW 2023 is a half-day workshop — 1 May 2023, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm (CDT) — co-located with ACM TheWebConf2023.

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Session 1

1 May 2023     |     9:00 am - 10:30 pm (CDT)

Session Chair : Jiahua Xu

• 9:00 am - 9:10 am : Introduction to the Workshop by the Program Co-Chairs [Video]
• 9:10 am - 9:45 am : Invited Talk — Dominant currencies in Decentralized Finance (DeFi), by Kathy Yuan [Video] [view abstract]

  In this keynote speech, we explore the rapidly evolving world of decentralized finance (DeFi) to understand the making of dominant currencies and extract valuable insights for the broader financial ecosystem. By examining data from the Ethereum blockchain, we identify patterns and attributes contributing to a currency's dominance, such as active money markets, market size, and correlation with transaction costs. These findings can inform essential design choices for future central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and shed light on the complex dynamics of currency dominance in an increasingly decentralized financial landscape.

• 9:45 am - 10:05 am : Paper Presentation — An Exploration on Cryptocurrency Corporations' Fiscal Opportunities, by Thomas Charest and Masarah Paquet-Clouston. [Video]
• 10:05 am - 10:25 am : Paper Presentation — Regime-based Implied Stochastic Volatility Model for Crypto Option Pricing, by Danial Saef, Yuanrong Wang and Tomaso Aste. [Video]
• 10:25 am - 10:30 am : Poster Presentation — An Approach to Systematically Assess the Solvency of VASPs: An Austrian Case Study, by Pietro Saggese, Burkhard Raunig, Esther Segalla, Michael Sigmund, Felix Zangerl, Stefan Kitzler and Bernhard Haslhofer [Video]

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• 10:30 am - 11:00 am : Coffee break

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Session 2

1 May 2023     |     11:00 am - 12:30 pm (CDT)

Session Chair : Friedhelm Victor

• 11:00 am - 11:40 am : Invited Talk — From Theory to Practice: Tracing Pig Butchers, by Rohan Aggarwal [Video] [view abstract]

  Pig butchering scams in cryptocurrency involve unscrupulous actors who manipulate and deceive investors through a calculated strategy of trust-building and persuasion. These scams ultimately lead to the theft of digital assets. In this talk, we outline and quantify the phenomena, and illustrate how stolen funds can be traced through cross-chain swap services.

• 11:40 am - 12:00 pm : Paper Presentation — Ready, Aim, Snipe! Analysis of Sniper Bots and their Impact on the DeFi Ecosystem, by Federico Cernera, Massimo La Morgia, Alessandro Mei, Alberto Maria Mongardini and Francesco Sassi. [Video]
• 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm : Paper Presentation — Don't Trust, Verify: The Case of Slashing from a Popular Ethereum Explorer, by Zhiguo He, Jiasun Li and Zhengxun Wu. [Video]
• 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm : Concluding remarks by the Organizers [Video]

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Organizing Committee

• Bernhard Haslhofer, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria
• Friedhelm Victor, TRM Labs, USA
• Markus Strohmaier, University of Mannheim, Germany
• Jiahua Xu, The DLT Science Foundation and University College London, United Kingdom

Program Committee

• Svetlana Abramova, University of Innsbruck, Austria
• Rachit Agarwal, Merkle Science
• Stefano Balietti, University of Mannheim, Germany
• Alexander Eisl, ABC Research, Austria
• Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Carlo Campajola, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Yebo Feng, University of Oregon, USA
• Sean Foley, Macquarie University, Australia
• Honglin Fu, University College London, United Kingdom
• Bruno Goncalves, TRM Labs, USA
• Sourav Sen Gupta, imec Leuven, Belgium
• Martin Harrigan, South East Technological University, Rep. of Ireland
• Aljosha Judmayer, SBA Research, Austria
• Kwok-Yan Lam, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Patrick McCorry, Infura
• Malte Möser, Chainalysis, USA
• Pietro Saggese, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria
• Stefan Schmid, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
• Sandeep Shukla, IIT Kanpur, India
• Georgios Smaragdakis, TU Delft, Netherlands
• Claudio J. Tessone, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Kentaroh Toyoda, A*STAR SIMTech, Singapore and Keio University, Japan
• Edgar Weippl, University of Vienna, Austria
• Teng Andrea Xu, EPFL, Switzerland
• Victor von Wachter, Copenhagen University, Denmark
• Marcus Wunsch, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland