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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Bearish Bitcoin Trader Loses $92M as Surge Wipes Out $426M in Short Liquidations

BTC alone saw $291 million in forced closures, with futures tracking ether (ETH) and XRP following at $68 million and $17 million, respectively.

Metal castings depicting bear and a bull stand on the street.

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XRP Rallies 8% on Rising Institutional Bid, Eyes $3.40 After 'Triangle Breakout'

Breakout above $2.84 backed by real flows; analysts target $3.40 amid triangle breakout.

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Crypto Traders Eye $130K Bitcoin as Majors Price-Action Shows Market Structure Shift

Dogecoin has rallied 23% over the past week, driven by increased retail participation through platforms like Robinhood and Binance. XRP volumes have spiked on Korean exchanges, while Cardano, TRX, and AVAX are all trading firmly in the green.

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DOGE Surges 9% Before Sharp Reversal as $0.213 Resistance Halts Rally

Market-wide crypto strength lifts Dogecoin, but coordinated profit-taking caps intraday breakout.

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Why is XRP Up Today? Whale-Driven Rally Sends Ripple to Nearly $3

Intraday volatility surged 14% as volume spiked above 375M; analysts eye breakout extension to $3.40.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Ethereum Foundation Sells 10,000 ETH to SharpLink in First-Such OTC Deal

The company is positioning ETH as its primary treasury reserve asset and said it plans to stake and restake the acquired ETH, effectively removing it from circulation.

Joe Lubin at Consensus in 2018 (CoinDesk)

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GMX Exploiter Return $40M Days After Hack, Token Zooms Higher

Attackers earlier this week exploited a re-entrancy flaw in the OrderBook contract, allowing the attacker to manipulate short positions on BTC, inflate GLP’s valuation, and redeem it for outsized profits.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

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What’s Next for Ether, Solana, XRP and Other Majors as Bitcoin Clears $118K

“The BTC breakout marks a regime shift, and we expect altcoin dispersion to rise from here,” one trader said, with several trading desks expecting higher moves in major tokens.

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Pump.fun Acquires Wallet Tracker Kolscan to Expand Onchain Trading Tools

The integration with Pump.fun could improve existing product features but also lay the groundwork for new trading experiences built around transparency, gamification, and social investing.

Pump.fun website (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)