About Me
Hi, I'm Yuexin, PhD candidate in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University, and DFCRC affiliated PhD student. My research builds trust in digital finance by translating complex financial activity into practical insights, with a focus on Blockchain and FinTech. I previously received my Bachelor's and Master's degrees from China University of Geosciences, with both involving research related to cybersecurity. For academic inquiries, please contact me at Yuexin.Xiang@monash.edu.
News
- [Sep'26] I'm honored to be appointed as DFCRC Affiliated PhD Student.
- [Aug'26] I'm pleased to serve as TPC member for BCK'26.
- [Jun'26] I'm pleased to serve as TPC member for BCCA'26.
- [May'26] Our paper "SoK: Blockchain Agent-to-Agent Payments" has been accepted to BCRA'26 and will appear in the BCRA journal.
- [Mar'26] Our paper "SoK: Stablecoins in Retail Payments" has been accepted to IEEE ICBC'26.
- [Mar'26] Our paper "Measuring Memecoin Fragility" has been accepted to IEEE ICBC'26.
- [Dec'25] I'm pleased to present at the Asiacrypt'25 CRWA Workshop.
- [Aug'25] I'm pleased to serve as PC member for WWW'26 Industry Track.
- [Aug'25] I'm pleased to serve as SAC for KDD'26 ADS Track.
- [Apr'25] Our team won the Third Prize in PKUBA Global Research Arena.
- [Mar'25] I'm pleased to be officially confirmed as PhD Candidate at Monash University.
- [Jan'25] I'm honored to be accepted into OpenAI Researcher Access Program.
- [Dec'24] I'm pleased to serve as PC member for CVCBT'25.
- [Sep'24] I’m thrilled to start as Visiting PhD Scholar at USYD.
- [Apr'24] I'm pleased to serve as PC member for ACM CCS'24 Artifact Evaluation.
- [Jan'24] Our paper "BABD: A Bitcoin Address Behavior Dataset for Pattern Analysis" has been published in IEEE TIFS.
- [Oct'23] I'm honored to be the recipient of Monash Central Scholarship.
Education
PhD, 
Monash University
Monash UniversityJan 2024 - Now
Affiliated PhD Student, 
Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre
Digital Finance Cooperative Research CentreSep 2026 - Now
MEng, 
China University of Geosciences
China University of GeosciencesSep 2020 - Jul 2023
Computer Science and Technology
BEng, China University of Geosciences
China University of GeosciencesSep 2016 - Jul 2020
Information Security
Selected Publications
Measuring Memecoin Fragility
Y. Xiang, Q. Fu, Y. Li, Q. Wang, T. H. Yuen, and J. Yu
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2026.
Y. Xiang, Q. Fu, Y. Li, Q. Wang, T. H. Yuen, and J. Yu
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2026.
SoK: Stablecoins in Retail Payments
Y. Li, Y. Xiang, Q. Wang, T. H. Yuen, A. Deppeler, and J. Yu
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2026.
Y. Li, Y. Xiang, Q. Wang, T. H. Yuen, A. Deppeler, and J. Yu
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), 2026.
SoK: Blockchain Agent-to-Agent Payments
Y. Zhang, Y. Xiang, Y. Lei, Q. Wang, T. Qiu, Y. Sun, S. Zarkov, T. H. Yuen, A. Deppeler, J. Yu, and K. Y. Lam
Blockchain: Research and Applications, 2026.
Y. Zhang, Y. Xiang, Y. Lei, Q. Wang, T. Qiu, Y. Sun, S. Zarkov, T. H. Yuen, A. Deppeler, J. Yu, and K. Y. Lam
Blockchain: Research and Applications, 2026.
BABD: A Bitcoin Address Behavior Dataset for Pattern Analysis
Y. Xiang, Y. Lei, D. Bao, T. Li, Q. Yang, W. Liu, W. Ren, and K. K. R. Choo
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2024.
Y. Xiang, Y. Lei, D. Bao, T. Li, Q. Yang, W. Liu, W. Ren, and K. K. R. Choo
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2024.
Leveraging Subgraph Structure for Exploration and Analysis of Bitcoin Address
Y. Xiang, T. Li, and Y. Li
IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2022.
Y. Xiang, T. Li, and Y. Li
IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2022.