arXiv:2607. 27370v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Sybil attackers are Blockchain actors that adopt the characteristics of regular users to exploit airdrops or influence governance.
By Micha{\l} Bartnicki, Jaros{\l}aw A. Chudziak
arXiv:2605. 29526v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Ever-evolving transaction patterns have significantly hindered anomaly detection on emerging cryptocurrency blockchains due to the vast number of addresses and diverse anomalous behaviors.
By Runang He, Tongya Zheng, Huiling Peng, Yuanyu Wan, Bingde Hu, Jiawei Chen, Canghong Jin, Mingli Song, Can Wang
arXiv:2608. 12864v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Public blockchain data enables large-scale DeFi-related analysis, but many existing approaches are application-specific, difficult to scale, or hard to interpret.
By Dorottya Zelenyanszki, Zhe Hou, Kamanashis Biswas, Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy
arXiv:2605. 12759v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The Lightning Network (LN) is a second-layer protocol for Bitcoin designed to enable fast and cost-efficient off-chain transactions.
By Simone Antonelli, Vincent Davis, Harrison Rush, Anthony Potdevin, Jesse Shrader, Vikash Singh, Emanuele Rossi
arXiv:2607. 09528v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The emergence of metaverse platforms has created virtual economies that introduce new challenges related to fraud, bot activity, and illicit financial behavior.
By Refat Ishrak Hemel, Ehsan Hallaji, Roozbeh Razavi-Far
arXiv:2606. 17555v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Banks simultaneously face signature-based fraud (card-not-present attacks, account takeover, ATM cloning) and behavioural financial crime (structuring, layering, mule networks, business email compromise) -- two threat families with fundamentally different detection requirements.
By Joseph Walusimbi, Joshua Benjamin Ssentongo