Shaurya Malwa

Shaurya is a Senior Ecosystems Analyst driving CoinDesk's market-leading coverage on tokens, data and insights, with a deep focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.

Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE, TOSHI, MOG and CAT.

He provides over $1,000 to liquidity pools on Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, Orca, AnySwap, SpiritSwap, Rook Protocol, Yearn Finance, Synthetix, Harvest, Redacted Cartel, OlympusDAO, Rome, Trader Joe, and SUN.

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Live updates: Bitcoin flat near $63,500; lapsing US-Iran ceasefire revives the oil threat

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near halt as the 60-day truce lapses with no deal, reviving the oil-price risk that has capped crypto all summer. ETF flows, meanwhile, are quietly turning.

Bitcoin ETFs had a strong start to August, but recorded consecutive outflows last week. (SoSoValue)

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XRP traders bet on a rebound as price slips to $1 and bearish chatter surges

Futures open interest climbed to $2.78 billion and traders on Binance and OKX leaned heavily long, even as social sentiment hit a three-month low.

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Bitcoin nears $64,000 in Asia morning hours as HYPE jumps 8% on the week

Every major gained on Sunday, though bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana are all lower over seven days.

Bitcoin price. (CoinDesk Data)

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Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have

Coinbase, Block, BitGo and dozens of others signed a letter arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are blocking legitimate security work while adversaries face no such limits.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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Speculation on dogecoin is back to October 2025 levels. The price is down 70%

Futures positioning has rebuilt to levels last seen when dogecoin traded at three times today's price, and more than three accounts are betting on a rebound for every one betting against.

A magnifying glass looking at Dogecoin's logo. (Dogecoin)

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Bitcoin slips near $63,500 as traders look past CPI to Fed’s next tests

An in-line inflation print removed a tail risk but gave BTC little reason to rally, leaving Jackson Hole, jobs data and the next CPI release as the market’s next catalysts.

Bitcoin price today. (CoinDesk Data)

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Live updates: AI stocks surge on Q2 beats, bitcoin falls below $64,000 as inflation hits estimates

Blockchain data shows the Japanese treasury firm moved the bitcoin between wallets it controls, not to an exchange, so the transfer isn't a sale despite its $1.4 billion paper loss.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Wednesday Aug. 12 (CoinDesk)

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Harmony’s ONE dives 40% after an attack appears to mint tokens equal to quarter of supply

Harmony said in Asian morning hours it is working with exchanges to freeze funds and preparing a software fix.

Close up of hands typing on a keyboard in a darkened room. (Unsplash)

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Dogecoin and BNB lead majors higher as bitcoin slips near $63,700

DOGE gained almost 3% to 7 cents and BNB 2% to $614, while bitcoin was the only major in the red on both the day and the week.

Dogecoin price today. (CoinDesk Data)

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XRP bridge drained for $200,000 after software mistook fake deposits for real ones

An attacker created unbacked XRP on another blockchain, then exchanged it for real XRP held in reserve. The bridge has been halted and its operator has filed a complaint with the FBI.

A bridge under construction. (Unsplash)