Perseus：一種用於跟踪泵送加密硬幣計劃協調的工具

倫敦大學學院的計算機科學家和金融專家團隊已經開發了一種工具，以跟踪泵送加密硬幣計劃操縱器的協調工作。

A team of computer scientists and financial specialists at University College London has developed a tool to track the coordination efforts of pump-and-dump crypto coin scheme manipulators. As the researchers report in a new paper published on the arXiv preprint server, they have created a tool called Perseus that is capable of scanning messages on the messaging app Telegram to detect and follow the hyping activities of crypto traders.

倫敦大學學院的計算機科學家和金融專家團隊已經開發了一種工具，以跟踪泵送加密硬幣計劃操縱器的協調工作。正如研究人員在ARXIV預印式服務器上發表的新論文中報告的那樣，他們創建了一個名為Perseus的工具，該工具能夠在消息傳遞應用程序電報上掃描消息，以檢測和遵循加密貨幣交易者的宣傳活動。

The price of cryptocurrencies has been subject to massive swings in recent months, and with no regulation in place, investing in them remains a risky endeavor. However, a new study by researchers at University College London (UCL) has shed light on the coordinated efforts of manipulators to inflate the prices of crypto coins through a strategy known as "pump and dump" schemes.

近幾個月來，加密貨幣的價格一直在巨大的波動中，而且由於沒有法規，投資它們仍然是一項冒險的努力。但是，倫敦大學學院（UCL）研究人員的一項新研究闡明了操縱者通過稱為“泵和垃圾場”計劃的策略來膨脹加密貨幣價格的協調努力。

Their findings, published on the arXiv preprint server, highlight the role of a messaging app, Telegram, in facilitating these schemes. The researchers explained that crypto traders use chats on Telegram to coordinate their activities, with a smaller number of "masterminds" fabricating hype that is then amplified by a larger group of "accomplices."

他們的發現發表在ARXIV預印服務器上，突出了消息傳遞應用程序Telegram在促進這些方案中的作用。研究人員解釋說，加密貨幣交易者使用電報上的聊天來協調他們的活動，較少數量的“策劃”製造炒作，然後由較大的“同夥”組進行放大。

To investigate these activities, the research team developed a system capable of reading messages sent between buyers and sellers on Telegram and analyzing them. Their analysis revealed that on average, each masterminded pump-and-dump scheme involved around 730 accomplices, focusing on a single crypto coin for a period of two to three days.

為了調查這些活動，研究團隊開發了一個系統，可以在電報上讀取買賣雙方之間發送的消息並分析它們。他們的分析表明，平均而言，每種策劃的泵和降點方案都涉及約730件同夥，重點是兩到三天的單個加密硬幣。

The researchers detected a total of 438 masterminds, who were collectively responsible for approximately $3.2 trillion in artificial crypto coin trading over 18 months. These masterminds, in turn, reaped an average annual profit of $250 million from their manipulations.

研究人員總共檢測到了438個策劃者，他們在18個月內統稱了約3.2萬億美元的人工加密硬幣交易。這些策劃者反過來從他們的操縱中獲得了2.5億美元的平均每年利潤。

The ease with which the masterminds could generate large-scale price movements with minimal capital was a key finding of the study. This ease of manipulation, the researchers warned, could have significant implications for the stability of the crypto market.

策劃者可以輕鬆地以最少的資本來產生大規模的價格變動，這是研究的關鍵發現。研究人員警告說，這種輕鬆的操縱可能對加密市場的穩定性產生重大影響。

"The masterminds' capital gain is minimal compared to the total trading volume they generate, highlighting the potential for significant instability in the crypto market if these activities continue unchecked," the researchers said.

研究人員說：“與它們產生的總交易量相比，策劃者的資本收益最少，如果這些活動繼續不受限制，則強調了加密貨幣市場上明顯不穩定的潛力。”

The researchers also noted that the masterminds' actions could deceive smaller investors who might be misled by the hype and ultimately lose money.

研究人員還指出，策劃者的行動可能會欺騙可能被炒作誤導並最終虧損的小型投資者。

"We observe that the masterminds' messages on Telegram typically boasted of their ability to generate large-scale price movements with minimal capital, which might deceive smaller investors and ultimately destabilize the market," they added.

他們補充說：“我們觀察到，策劃者在電報上的信息通常吹噓他們用最少的資本產生大規模價格變動的能力，這可能會欺騙較小的投資者並最終破壞市場的穩定。”

The researchers concluded that their findings underscored the need for regulatory action to prevent the manipulation of crypto markets by pump-and-dump schemes. Without intervention, they said, the market could collapse under the weight of deception, leaving behind a generation of defrauded investors.

研究人員得出的結論是，他們的發現強調了需要採取監管行動來防止通過泵送和降低計劃操縱加密市場的必要性。他們說，如果沒有乾預，市場可能會在欺騙的重量下崩潰，而留下了一代欺詐的投資者。

Their findings are described in a new paper titled "Perseus: Tracing the Masterminds Behind Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes."

他們的發現在一份名為“ Perseus：追踪加密貨幣泵和降雨計劃背後的策劃者”的新論文中描述了。