I am a PhD student in Finance at the University of Melbourne. I hold a Master of Journalism and Communication from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a Master of Management Studies from the University of Southern California. My previous research spans culture, social media, and emerging financial technologies. In my free time, I enjoy art and music; I play a little guitar and piano, and I also sketch and paint.

📝 Publications

• Y. Li, Y. Xiang, Q. Wang, T. H. Yuen, A. Deppeler, J. Yu (2026). SoK: Stablecoins in Retail Payments. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC).
  2026-01-01

• Y. Xiang, Q. Fu, Y. Li, Q. Wang, T. H. Yuen, J. Yu (2025). Measuring Memecoin Fragility. IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC).
  2025-11-29

• Y. Li, J. Sun, L. Zhu (2023). Ethnic Elements in Chinese Cosmetic Brands: An Exploration of Digital Communication Effects on the Recognition of Chinese National Identity. Telematics and Informatics Reports, 2023(10).
  2023-06-01

• Y. Xiang, T. Li, Y. Li (co-first author) (2022). Leveraging Subgraph Structure for Exploration and Analysis of Bitcoin Address. IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2022).
  2022-12-17

📖 Educations

• 2025.07 - now, Phd student, University of Melbourne,Department of Finance
• 2021.08 - 2022.06, Master of Management Studies, University of Southern California, Marshall Business School
• 2020.09 - 2024.03 Master of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ICCI
• 2016.08 - 2020.06 Bachelor of Economics majoring in Finance, Shanghai University, School of Economics

💻 Professonal Experience

• 2022.07 – 2022.12

  Fandom · Los Angeles, United States/Remote

  Revenue Strategy & Operations Senior Analyst

• 2021.06 – 2022.08

  Boston Consulting Group · Shanghai, China/Hybrid

  Part-time Associate

📰 News

• Jun 2026: Our paper SoK: Stablecoins in Retail Payments was presented at the IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), Brisbane, Australia, by my coauthor.

• Jun 2026: Our paper Measuring Memecoin Fragility was presented at the IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), Brisbane, Australia, by my coauthor.

• Dec 2022: I presented our paper Leveraging Subgraph Structure for Exploration and Analysis of Bitcoin Addresses at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Osaka, Japan.

• Dec 2021: Our paper Ethnic Elements in Chinese Cosmetic Brands received the Best Paper Award at the 2021 International Conference on Global Cultural and Creative Industries, Shanghai, China (presented by my coauthor).

🏆 Honors and Awards

• Academic Star, USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, 2023
• Dean’s List, University of Southern California, 2021 Fall & 2022 Spring
• Freshman Scholarship (15,000 CNY), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2020
• Academic Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2020
• Wharton & Shanghai University Undergraduate Leadership Camp Scholarship, 2019
• Top Academic Scholarship, Shanghai University, 2018
• Innovation Scholarship, Shanghai University, 2018
• China Scholarship Council (50,000 SEK), Exchange Program at Jönköping University, 2018

🎨 Hobbies

In my free time I enjoy art and music. Here are a few of my paintings and moments with music.