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

Live updates: 'This can't last forever': Mulling bitcoin's lame price action as risk markets rally

The U.S. lost 23,000 in July, the first such loss since February. Expectations had been for a gain of 80,000 jobs.

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Bitcoin wallet dormant since 2011 moves $3.2 million toward FalconX-linked address

The 50 BTC remained in the receiving address Friday, but that wallet has previously sent funds to FalconX-labeled deposits, leaving open whether the old stash is being reorganized or moved closer to a trading venue.

Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million. Most avoided exchanges. (Shutterstock)

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XRP leads majors losses as Clarity Act vote slips to September

Bitcoin, ether showed slight losses while Ripple-linked XRP fell 5.5% on the week, the worst of the majors, as the Senate left Washington without taking up the market structure bill.

US Capitol (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin, ether benefit as traders seek safety of largest tokens

The two largest cryptocurrencies are the only CoinDesk 20 members in positive territory as altcoins fall out of favor.

A chart of bitcoin's price over the past 24 hours.

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Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin flatlines near $64,000 ahead of Friday's jobs report

Trump’s comments on jobs, inflation and a possible Strait of Hormuz deal have helped risk sentiment, but bitcoin’s next move depends on whether lower oil actually pulls Treasury yields and the dollar down.

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Tech

Bitcoin developers flag 85 critical bugs in an "extremely bad" situation

A volunteer group running AI models against bitcoin codebases says it is averaging roughly one critical bug per hour per person, at about $10,000 a day in compute.

A bug walking across a keyboard. Developers are increasingly discovering software bugs using AI. (Unsplash)

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Bitcoin steadies above $64,000 as traders watch $100 billion SpaceX unlock

Korea's Kospi fell 4.4% as the AI trade wobbled, and $101 billion of SpaceX stock becomes tradable Thursday.

Two charts and keyboard in a darkened room. (Asa E K/Unsplash)

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XRP whales keep buying the dip, but ether shows deeper capitulation

CryptoQuant said large XRP spot orders point to "quiet accumulation" rather than a breakout, while ether’s price below realized value leaves holders underwater and gives it the strongest valuation case among BTC, ETH and XRP.

A whale leaps out of the sea. Whales are a colloquial term for large holders of a token, whose buying and selling is watched closely because it tends to lead the wider market rather than follow it. (Unsplash+)

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CASHCAT jumps 120% in a week as Robinhood Chain hits $774 million of value locked

The memecoin that defined the chain's debut has recovered to an $86 million cap. Tokenized assets, the chain's stated purpose, sit at $27.6 million.

Before becoming Robinhood, the company's founders used "Cash Cat" as the project's internal name and mascot. (Cash Cat)

Finance

Crypto firm RedotPay says it will defend itself ‘vigorously’ against Binance lawsuit

Binance alleged RedotPay poached customers from the crypto exchange in a lawsuit filed in Hong Kong.

Lawsuit. Court gavel book and money. (Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash)