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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Finance

Bitmine's ether buys are catching up to Strategy's bitcoin accumulation pace

Bitmine bought $234 million of ether in its largest weekly purchase this year, closing in on Strategy's regular bitcoin buys once the firm's STRC-fueled spikes are stripped out.

Tom Lee of Bitmine. (CoinDesk)

Markets

What next as XRP drops 3% under $1.40 on strong selling

High-volume breakdown confirms sellers in control, with failed support turning into a key pivot as downside targets come into focus.

(CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Bitcoin loses $77,000, ether, solana slide as Hormuz standoff lifts oil to 3-week high

Bitcoin traded at $76,923 on Tuesday morning, down 2.4% over 24 hours after rejecting $79,400 the previous day, with the entire top 10 closing red as Brent crude extended its rally to a seventh straight day.

A bulk carrier shrouded in mist awaits entry to the Strait of Hormuz

Markets

Bitcoin funds take in $933 million as crypto ETFs hit highest AUM since February

Total assets under management across crypto funds rose to $155 billion, the highest level since February 1, though still well below the $263 billion peak from October 2025.

Digital representation of a physical bitcoin.

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Finance

From SWIFT to onchain: South Korea’s biggest digital bank taps Ripple for high-speed global transfers

KBank is using Palisade, Ripple's software-as-a-service wallet that was acquired earlier this year as part of Ripple's $4 billion in crypto-related investments.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin whales build long positions as funding stays deeply negative

Long bias from the largest perpetual traders on Hyperliquid has built steadily through February, March and April, with the position now leaning aggressively long as bitcoin tags $80,000 and US-Iran talks resume.

Whale diving (foco44/Pixabay)

Markets

Litecoin hit by denial-of-service attack, rewrites 13 blocks to reverse effect

Litecoin's foundation called the weekend exploit a zero-day. The litecoin-project GitHub repository shows the consensus vulnerability was privately patched between March 19 and 26, more than four weeks before the attack.

Physical representation of Litecoin tokens.

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Tech

Clock is ticking for bitcoin to prevent quantum threat as it could drain 6.9 million BTC including Satoshi’s

Can a network without formal governance coordinate the biggest cryptographic migration in its history?

A detail of the Satoshi Nakamoto statue in Budapest, Hungary. (Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Markets

Ripple-linked XRP stalls near $1.44 as 'triangle squeeze' nears breakout

Price holds in tight range after high-volume move, with compression signaling a decisive move as institutional demand quietly builds.

(CoinDesk Data)