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

XRP Lands on Solana, Ethereum and Others, in Boost for Ripple Ecosystem

Wrapped XRP will be tradable on Solana, Ethereum and other chains, allowing exposure across DeFi applications without unregulated third-party bridges.

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Most Influential: The Social Media Traders

Crypto Twitter’s social media traders turned their X dashboards into public PnL reality shows in 2025, sending billions in volume through memecoins and perp DEXs in real time.

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Cardano Ecosystem Gets a Privacy Boost as Midnight’s NIGHT Goes Live

The network uses a dual-state architecture that separates public and private data while allowing controlled disclosure to auditors, institutions or counterparties.

Nahmii aims to boost Ethereum's speed. (Marc-Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash)

Markets

Fifth XRP Spot ETF on the Way After CBOE Approval of 21Shares Application

Once live, the ETF will track the CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference Rate (New York Variant), giving investors exposure to XRP via a regulated fund structure without handling the asset directly.

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Ether, Dogecoin, Solana Slide as Bitcoin Fails to Sustain Early-Week Breakout

The pullback followed Tuesday's brief spike above $94,500, a move that triggered a minor short squeeze but failed to break the resistance that has capped bitcoin for most of the past three weeks.

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Crypto Drop Wipes Out $370M in Bullish Bets as BTC, ETH Give Back Gains

Binance, Hyperliquid, and Bybit were the most affected exchanges, comprising 72% of all forced unwinds.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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XRP Slides as Traders Take Bitcoin Profits, With ETF Flows Still Strong

Institutional flows surged 54% above the weekly average, indicating strategic selling rather than retail panic.

(CoinDesk Data)

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SpaceX’s $300M Bitcoin Stack Puts Crypto Inside the World’s Biggest Planned IPO

The Elon Musk–run company is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise “significantly more than $30 billion.” Even relatively small balance-sheet allocations matter at that scale.

Elon Musk (jurvetson /CC BY 2.0./Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Solana Hits Liquidity Reset That Preceded Every Major Rally This Year

The index reset to near-zero readings before abruptly turning higher — a shift that triggered weeks of trending price action and rapid rotation into Solana-based altcoins.

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XRP Sell Pressure Emerges as Ripple Linked Token Fails to Sustain $2.12 Break

Despite briefly reaching $2.17, XRP failed to maintain momentum, suggesting large holders may be unwinding positions rather than accumulating.

(CoinDesk Data)