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Detecting Rug Pulls in Decentralized Exchanges: Machine Learning Evidence from the TON Blockchain
Dmitry Yaremus, Jianghai Li, Alisa Kalacheva, Igor Vodolazov, Yury Yanovich
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01168

Detecting Rug Pulls in Decentralized Exchanges: Machine Learning Evidence from the TON Blockchain
This paper presents a machine learning framework for the early detection of rug pull scams on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) within The Open Network (TON) blockchain. TON's unique architecture, characterized by asynchronous execution and a massive web2 user base from Telegram, presents a novel and critical environment for fraud analysis. We conduct a comprehensive study on the two largest TON DEXs, Ston.Fi and DeDust, fusing data from both platforms to train our models. A key contribution is th…