Perseus：一种用于跟踪泵送加密硬币计划协调的工具

伦敦大学学院的计算机科学家和金融专家团队已经开发了一种工具，以跟踪泵送加密硬币计划操纵器的协调工作。

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.

伦敦大学学院的计算机科学家和金融专家团队已经开发了一种工具，以跟踪泵送加密硬币计划操纵器的协调工作。正如研究人员在ARXIV预印式服务器上发表的新论文中报告的那样，他们创建了一个名为Perseus的工具，该工具能够在消息传递应用程序电报上扫描消息，以检测和遵循加密货币交易者的宣传活动。

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.

近几个月来，加密货币的价格一直在巨大的波动中，而且由于没有法规，投资它们仍然是一项冒险的努力。但是，伦敦大学学院（UCL）研究人员的一项新研究阐明了操纵者通过称为“泵和垃圾场”计划的策略来膨胀加密货币价格的协调努力。

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."

他们的发现发表在ARXIV预印服务器上，突出了消息传递应用程序Telegram在促进这些方案中的作用。研究人员解释说，加密货币交易者使用电报上的聊天来协调他们的活动，较少数量的“策划”制造炒作，然后由较大的“同伙”组进行放大。

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.

为了调查这些活动，研究团队开发了一个系统，可以在电报上读取买卖双方之间发送的消息并分析它们。他们的分析表明，平均而言，每种策划的泵和降点方案都涉及约730件同伙，重点是两到三天的单个加密硬币。

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.

研究人员总共检测到了438个策划者，他们在18个月内统称了约3.2万亿美元的人工加密硬币交易。这些策划者反过来从他们的操纵中获得了2.5亿美元的平均每年利润。

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.

策划者可以轻松地以最少的资本来产生大规模的价格变动，这是研究的关键发现。研究人员警告说，这种轻松的操纵可能对加密市场的稳定性产生重大影响。

"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.

研究人员说：“与它们产生的总交易量相比，策划者的资本收益最少，如果这些活动继续不受限制，则强调了加密货币市场上明显不稳定的潜力。”

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

研究人员还指出，策划者的行动可能会欺骗可能被炒作误导并最终亏损的小型投资者。

"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.

他们补充说：“我们观察到，策划者在电报上的信息通常吹嘘他们用最少的资本产生大规模价格变动的能力，这可能会欺骗较小的投资者并最终破坏市场的稳定。”

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.

研究人员得出的结论是，他们的发现强调了需要采取监管行动来防止通过泵送和降低计划操纵加密市场的必要性。他们说，如果没有干预，市场可能会在欺骗的重量下崩溃，而留下了一代欺诈的投资者。

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

他们的发现在一份名为“ Perseus：追踪加密货币泵和降雨计划背后的策划者”的新论文中描述了。