Portrait of Bernhard Haslhofer, research group leader at Complexity Science Hub Vienna.

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Research Profile

I lead research on digital currencies at the Complexity Science Hub. My work focuses on developing computational methods to analyze cryptoasset ecosystems, combat cybercrime, and understand the socio-economic implications of decentralized finance. 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.

Recent News

Aug 2025 - I am organizing the seminar "Unveiling Modern Crime: Tackling Cybercrime in a Globalised World" at the European Forum Alpbach, co-chaired with Thomas Goger (Chief Public Prosecutor, Bavarian Central Office for Cybercrime Prosecution).

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 and is now available as pre-print.