MetaGuard: AI-Powered Security for DeFi and Metaverse Transactions

30 Sep 2025
Tech Hub Stage
Tech Hub Stage
The explosive growth of decentralised finance (DeFi) and the Metaverse has opened new opportunities—alongside unprecedented risks. In 2023, over $1.7 billion was stolen from crypto users globally due to fraud, phishing, and smart contract vulnerabilities. Traditional security measures are no longer sufficient to protect users in fast-evolving decentralised ecosystems.
In this session, Dr Bogdan Adamyk will present MetaGuard, an AI-driven security solution designed to safeguard digital transactions in DeFi and Metaverse environments. MetaGuard integrates directly with crypto wallets and decentralised applications (DApps) to provide:
• Real-time risk assessment of transactions,
• Semantic verification and dApp authentication,
• Transaction simulation to identify unintended outcomes before execution, and
• Continuous monitoring to detect anomalies and prevent fraud.
The talk will highlight MetaGuard’s development under the CyberASAP programme, its proof-of-concept features, and the roadmap toward commercialisation. Attendees will gain insights into the future of securing decentralised ecosystems, the role of AI in preventing fraud before it happens, and the broader implications for digital trust and adoption in the Web3 economy
Speakers
Dr Bogdan Adamyk
Dr Bogdan Adamyk, Lecturer - Aston Business School, Aston University