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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XRP Rejects $3.09 Resistance, Bears Target $2.96 Demand Zone

A bullish breakout during the 17:00 trading hour on August 18 pushed prices from $2.97 to $3.10, supported by heavy volume of 131 million—double the 24-hour average of 66.8 million.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Golden Cross Signal Fades as XRP Slumps Below $3

A symmetrical triangle points to $3.90 upside target if $3.26 breaks, however.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Solo Bitcoin Miner Bags $360K in Rare BTC Block Win

The miner ran roughly 9 petahashes per second of computing power, giving them just a one-in-800 chance of landing a block on any given day.

Bitcoin mining USB devices on a large USB hub.

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Jackson Hole Weighs on Digital Assets: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 18, 2025

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Solana Briefly Hits 100K TPS Under Stress Load, Boosting SOL Appeal

The data showed that Solana could theoretically sustain 80,000–100,000 TPS in real operations like transfers or oracle updates under peak conditions.

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Golden Cross Fails to Lift DOGE as Sellers Overwhelm Rally

Whale wallets continue to accumulate aggressively, with holdings now approaching 100 billion DOGE, but price action shows technical damage that traders will need to monitor closely.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Solana’s SOL, XRP Dive 5% Amid Profit-Taking; Bitcoin Traders Eye Gold Divergence

Bitcoin’s role as “digital gold” could come back into play if monetary easing takes hold, one analyst said.

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Bullish Bets Lose $860M to Liquidations as ETH, BTC, XRP, DOGE Price Drop 9%

Ether traders took the biggest hit, with $348.9 million liquidated, followed by Bitcoin at $177.1 million. Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin saw $64.2 million, $58.8 million, and $35.8 million in liquidations, respectively.

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XRP Sheds 7% on $437M Sell Spike as $1B Liquidations Hit Crypto Market

Despite the drop, late-session buying hints at renewed accumulation from large holders as selling pressure eased.

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