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The Language of Crypto-Fraud: Text Analysis of Social Media Campaigns Surrounding the Launch of Fraudulent Cryptocurrencies
The Language of Crypto-Fraud: Text Analysis of Social Media Campaigns Surrounding the Launch of Fraudulent Cryptocurrencies
This is a long-term ethnographic project which follows the process of the creation of trading algorithms. The main concern of the research is how legal compliance, especially with market abuse regulations, is ensured. This requires traslating the boundaries of market manipulation, a highly contextual offense into code. The project looks i
This is a long-term ethnographic project which follows the process of the creation of trading algorithms. The main concern of the research is how legal compliance, especially with market abuse regulations, is ensured. This requires traslating the boundaries of market manipulation, a highly contextual offense into code. The project looks into the everyday challenges and dilllemas those involved face while turning law into code.
The Language of Crypto-Fraud: Text Analysis of Social Media Campaigns Surrounding the Launch of Fraudulent Cryptocurrencies
The Language of Crypto-Fraud: Text Analysis of Social Media Campaigns Surrounding the Launch of Fraudulent Cryptocurrencies
The Language of Crypto-Fraud: Text Analysis of Social Media Campaigns Surrounding the Launch of Fraudulent Cryptocurrencies
The project looks into a select subgroup of cryptocurrency frauds which involve a large-scale social media campaign to lure potential investors, such as “pump and dump” scams and “rug pull” schemes. The aim of the study is to identify the linguistic characteristics of social media campaigns surrounding issuance of fraudulent coins or toke
The project looks into a select subgroup of cryptocurrency frauds which involve a large-scale social media campaign to lure potential investors, such as “pump and dump” scams and “rug pull” schemes. The aim of the study is to identify the linguistic characteristics of social media campaigns surrounding issuance of fraudulent coins or tokens. We draw data from several social media platforms about the selected cryptocurrencies, then use semi-supervised learning algorithms to conduct text analysis of the on the obtained material.