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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Markets

This cat memecoin has paid holders $2.8 million in Zcash as ZEC tops $1,200

A brand new ZCAT token charges a 3% tax whenever the token moves and uses the proceeds to distribute ZEC to holders, creating an unusual link to one of crypto's hottest assets.

How a cat memecoin pays its holders in zcash. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP Ledger has fewer active accounts than last year, but bigger trades and more value

Daily order-book traders fell about 40% from a year ago while volume rose 79%, as the value held on XRPL climbed above $4 billion.

Laptop with markets monitor and charts. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Markets

Zcash jumps 20% to landmark $1,000 level as short sellers lose $34 million

ZEC briefly traded above $1,020 as a sharp rally forced traders betting against the token out of leveraged positions.

(CoinDesk Data)

Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin tumbles after blowout August jobs print

Net assets in spot bitcoin ETFs crossed $103 billion for the first time, with BlackRock's IBIT accounting for well over half the money.

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Tech

OpenAI puts $1 billion behind cyber defense after unveiling AI that can find zero-days

The company is subsidizing access to its Daybreak security platform after saying Astra can independently find previously unknown software flaws and turn them into working attacks.

OpenAI logo on a mobile phone. (Unsplash)

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Bitcoin back above $81,000 as hike odds fade, Zcash leads with 15% jump

Every major token gained on Friday as traders cut bets on a September Federal Reserve rate increase to a coin flip, though most of the majors are barely changed on the week.

(CoinDesk Data)

Tech

A memecoin making app becomes crypto’s top fee generators as Robinhood Chain activity explodes

Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself.

Vlad Tenev, Chairman & CEO of Robinhood. (Michael Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin jumps above $81,000 as rates fall, dollar weakens

The government's employment data (due tomorrow) is usually the main economic report of the month, but this time around it's next week's inflation numbers that will decide Fed policy.

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Bitcoin’s fabled golden cross is coming. And USDT may be the real signal this time

BTC is nearing a bullish golden cross, a widely tracked signal with a mixed record of success in crypto markets. But this time, USDT is supporting the bullish read.

BTC's golden cross history. (CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Dogecoin becomes only losing bet for Japan-listed firm as it sells altcoins for bitcoin

Remixpoint booked gains on ether, solana and XRP, but sold DOGE below its fiscal-year opening value as it concentrated its crypto holdings in bitcoin.

Only dogecoin lost money in Remixpoint's selloff. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)