Bernhard Haslhofer | Research Profile

I lead research on digital currencies at the Complexity Science Hub. I co-founded Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics and am a court-certified expert specializing in IT and cryptoasset forensics.

Research Interests

• Digital Assets & DeFi: Developing computational methods to analyze technical and socio-economic aspects of cryptoasset and decentralized finance ecosystems.
• Digital Crime & Forensics: Creating computational methods to understand and combat emerging cybercrime phenomena.
• Disinformation: Analyzing structure and dynamics of large-scale disinformation campaigns.

News

May 2025 - Our paper on Verifiability of Total Value Locked (TVL) in Decentralized Finance is now available as BIS working paper.

Mar 2025 - The tentative programme of our upcoming Workshop on Cryptoassets Analytics, this time co-located with FC'25 is now online.

Feb 2025 - Our paper on Linking Cryptoasset Attribution Tags to Knowledge Graph Entities: An LLM-based Approach got accepted for FC'25 is now available as pre-print.

Jan 2025 - Our study Mapping the DeFi Crime Landscape finally got published in the Journal of Cybersecurity.

Dec 2024 - Our spin-off, Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics, secured its first European grant and joined the Horizon Europe ENSEMBLE project to combat advanced cyber threats using AI.