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Wormhole Cross-Chain Bridge Transactions Flow: An Exploratory Study
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (Online), pp.1-2
2025 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) (Pisa, Italy, 02/06/2025–06/06/2025)
02/06/2025
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Abstract
Cross-chain bridges are essential for enabling interoperability between diverse blockchain networks. At the same time, these technologies have introduced new avenues for illicit financial activity, such as chain-hopping, a method used to obscure transactional provenance by rapidly transferring assets across multiple chains. This study analyzes cross-chain token flows on the Wormhole bridge, focusing specifically on identifying suspicious token transfer patterns. We propose a methodology inspired by state-of-the-art anomaly detection techniques to identify and examine suspicious transaction patterns. Our findings provide valuable insights into cross-chain analysis and lay the groundwork for developing monitoring systems that can detect and analyze illicit behavior within cross-chain ecosystems.
Details
- Title
- Wormhole Cross-Chain Bridge Transactions Flow: An Exploratory Study
- Creators
- Babu Pillai - Griffith University (Australia, Gold Coast)Jeyakumar Samantha Tharani - University of JaffnaVallipuram Muthukkumarasamy - Griffith University (Australia, Gold Coast)
- Publication Details
- IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (Online), pp.1-2
- Conference
- 2025 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) (Pisa, Italy, 02/06/2025–06/06/2025)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Identifiers
- 991013322028702368
- Copyright
- © 2025, IEEE.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding