Shaurya Malwa

Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.

Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, SNX, RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, BANANA, ROME, BURGER, SPIRIT, and ORCA.

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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Bitcoin, ether, oil shorts lead $427 million wipeout on US-Iran ceasefire

Short sellers betting on continued war escalation lost $427 million in 24 hours as bitcoin vaulted past $72,000 on the ceasefire announcement.

The swift price movements over the past two days wiped out leveraged long and short positions. (Kurt Anderson/Unsplash)

Tech

Grayscale says bitcoin's quantum problem is governance, not engineering

The asset manager's research arm argues the technical path to quantum-safe blockchains is clear but reaching consensus on protocol changes, especially what to do with Satoshi's coins, is the real obstacle.

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Crypto's $224 million inflow rebound was led by mostly one country and XRP

Switzerland accounted for 70% of global crypto ETP inflows last week with XRP products contributing more than half the total.

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Solana Foundation unveils security overhaul days after $270 million Drift exploit

The program includes 24/7 threat monitoring for protocols with more than $10 million in deposits and a dedicated incident response network of security firms.

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XRP slips to $1.31 after failed breakout as liquidity dries up

Rejection at $1.35 and collapsing depth raise risk of sharper moves as positioning builds.

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Bitcoin miners face a new rival for cheap power as Anthropic signs multi-gigawatt compute deal

The AI company's partnership with Google and Broadcom for next-generation TPU capacity starting in 2027 adds to a wave of demand reshaping the economics of every industry that competes for cheap electricity, including bitcoin mining.

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Bitcoin, ether, solana hold steady as Trump sets Tuesday night deadline for Iran deal

Oil jumped above $112 on threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure if no agreement is reached by midnight, while crypto markets gave back Monday's ceasefire rally gains.

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Solo bitcoin miner overcomes 1-in-28,000 odds to secure $210,000 block reward

The win landed the same week listed miners Riot, MARA, and Genius Group disclosed selling more than 19,000 BTC from their treasuries.

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Bitmine's ether treasury hits 4.8 million ETH as stock listing moves to NYSE

The company now holds 3.98% of all ether in circulation, has staked $7.1 billion of it, and says it is generating $196 million in annualized staking revenue.

Thomas Lee, chairman of BitMine and CIO of Fundstrat, on the main stage during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

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Strategy added another 4,871 bitcoin for $330 million, with holdings nearing 767,000 BTC

Last week's purchases were mostly funded via sales of the company's STRC preferred stock.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))