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

Bitcoin Demand Surges in Bullish Catalyst That May Drive BTC Price to $70K

Technical indicators point to a price surge, and Polymarket bettors have their money on BTC passing $70K this month.

Bull Market (Kameleon007/Getty Images)

News Analysis

Crypto Degens Baited an Experimental AI Bot Into Promoting a Memecoin. It's Now Up 16,000%.

Conceived as a live experiment in human interactions with AI models, the viral bot ended up shilling a memecoin called GOAT.

The GOAT token refers not to a horned mammal but to a made-up religion often cited in social media posts by AI bot Terminal of Truth. (MartinThoma/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Donald Trump-Supported World Liberty Financial Raises Just 4% of Token Sale Target on First Day

Just over 792.36 million tokens of a 20 billion target have been sold since its hushed started at 12:40 UTC on Tuesday, raising nearly $11 million for the project.

Donald Trump at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Dogecoin Price Surges 10% as Elon Musk’s 'Department of Government Efficiency' Gains Traction

Some market watchers expect a Trump election victory and Musk’s closeness to the candidate as forthcoming catalysts for dogecoin.

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Trump Touts New Crypto Token After Initial Sales Are a Dud

A token sale for World Liberty Financial was active earlier on Tuesday and raised about $9 million amid multiple website crashes, well below the $300 million fundraising target.

Donald Trump at an NFT event at Mar-a-Lago on May 8, 2024. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump-Touted Crypto Website Crashes as Token Sale Goes Live, With Just 1.7% of Target Sold

A blockchain wallet connected to the token holds nearly $4 million worth of ether (ETH), $1.2 million of tether (USDT) and around $250,000 USD Coin (USDC) tokens.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Markets

Bitcoin Breaks $65K, as Price Action Compared to Prior U.S. Election Cycles

Trading firm QCP Capital said the move was similar to BTC's price action in 2016 and 2020 before the U.S. elections.

(Giovanni Calia/Unsplash)

Markets

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Whitelists 100K Accredited Investors Ahead of WLFi Launch

World Liberty Financial will be a unified platform where users can borrow and lend cryptocurrencies, create liquidity pools and transact with stablecoins, Folkman and Herro added.

Screen grab from Trump's teaser of the new World Liberty Financial crypto company (Rug Radio, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

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Altcoin Selling Pressure Looms as $500M in Token Unlocks Scheduled This Week

Unlocks increase the total available supply of a certain token but don’t necessarily hit the open market immediately.

Token unlocks are usually bearish events, increasing a token's supply.(FLY:D/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Begins the Week on a High, Jumps Above $64K

Crypto majors moved higher Monday while memecoins led weekend action. PLUS: China stimulus announcements fell short of expectations, but traders’ hopes remain high.

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