Leveraging Machine Learning for Multichain DeFi Fraud Detection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07972v1
• Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 15:48:21 GMT
• Title: Leveraging Machine Learning for Multichain DeFi Fraud Detection
• Authors: Georgios Palaiokrassas and Sandro Scherrers and Iason Ofeidis and Leandros Tassiulas
• Abstract summary: We present a framework for extracting features from different chains, including the largest one, and it is evaluated over an extensive dataset. Different Machine Learning methods were employed, such as XGBoost and a Neural Network for identifying fraud accounts detection interacting with DeFi. We demonstrate that the introduction of novel DeFi-related features, significantly improves the evaluation results.
• Score: 5.213509776274283
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Since the inception of permissionless blockchains with Bitcoin in 2008, it became apparent that their most well-suited use case is related to making the financial system and its advantages available to everyone seamlessly without depending on any trusted intermediaries. Smart contracts across chains provide an ecosystem of decentralized finance (DeFi), where users can interact with lending pools, Automated Market Maker (AMM) exchanges, stablecoins, derivatives, etc. with a cumulative locked value which had exceeded 160B USD. While DeFi comes with high rewards, it also carries plenty of risks. Many financial crimes have occurred over the years making the early detection of malicious activity an issue of high priority. The proposed framework introduces an effective method for extracting a set of features from different chains, including the largest one, Ethereum and it is evaluated over an extensive dataset we gathered with the transactions of the most widely used DeFi protocols (23 in total, including Aave, Compound, Curve, Lido, and Yearn) based on a novel dataset in collaboration with Covalent. Different Machine Learning methods were employed, such as XGBoost and a Neural Network for identifying fraud accounts detection interacting with DeFi and we demonstrate that the introduction of novel DeFi-related features, significantly improves the evaluation results, where Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-score and F2-score where utilized.

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