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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Markets

Tom Lee says BitMine’s $6 billion ether paper loss is “by design"

The firm said unrealized losses are expected in a downturn, arguing its ethereum-heavy balance sheet is designed to track and outperform ETH over a full market cycle.

Bitmine chairman Tom Lee

Markets

Dogecoin falls 7% as risk-off trade hits Ethereum tied tokens

The selloff was driven by risk-off positioning and heavy derivatives speculation, with futures volume surging even as spot trading declined.

(CoinDesk Data)

Markets

XRP plunges 6% as bitcoin drops under support, worsening downtrend

XRP fell alongside a broad risk-off move in crypto that pressured majors and high-beta tokens alike.

XRP token glitch (CoinDesk)

Tech

Flare unveils new way for XRP holders to earn yield through a massive DeFi upgrade

Users can now lend FXRP to earn yield or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, giving XRP holders new ways to put their tokens to work onchain.

XRP symbol on top of dollar bills. (Unsplash/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bitcoin and ether are tanking, but DeFi investors are refusing to cave to the panic

Even as major cryptocurrencies plunge to multi-year lows and forced liquidations ripple across the market, DeFi’s total value locked has only slipped modestly.

Farming (James Baltz/Unsplash)

Markets

Elon Musk says SpaceX may put DOGE 'on the moon' next year

Musk replied “maybe next year” to a post referencing his old pledge to put Dogecoin “on the literal moon,” reviving a long-running SpaceX-DOGE thread that has included merchandise payments and the delayed DOGE-1 mission.

dogecoin moon

Markets

Ripple-backed custody secures $280 million diamond tokenization push in UAE

The project has already moved more than $280 million of polished diamonds on-chain in Dubai, with Ripple providing custody infrastructure as the firms work toward a regulated tokenized trading setup.

Diamond

Tech

Elon Musk's xAI is hiring crypto specialists to train its AI models

The remote role focuses on teaching AI models how crypto markets work, from trading behavior to on-chain activity and risk management.

Artificial Intelligence (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

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Markets

Germans can now buy bitcoin, ether, solana products directly from their ING accounts

These crypto products receive the same German tax treatment as directly held bitcoin.

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Tech

Bitcoin miners get an open-source alternative as Tether launches MiningOS

Stablecoin issuer Tether said its new MiningOS is a modular, self-hosted software stack built to run mining operations from small home rigs to multi-site industrial setups.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)