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.

Shaurya Malwa

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Policy

Bithumb $44 billion bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges

The Financial Supervisory Service said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.

South Korea (Photo by Daniel Bernard on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Here's why the quantum threat for bitcoin may be smaller than people fear

The key point is that most of the potentially exposed bitcoin isn’t sitting in a handful of giant, juicy targets. It’s scattered across more than 32,000 separate wallets.

Bitcoin (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Odds of Jesus Christ appearing in 2026 double, beating return on bitcoin

The Polymarket bet is a reminder that the weirdest corners of crypto are sometimes the only ones going up.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP price rockets 18%, staging wildest recovery among major tokens

The move came as bitcoin briefly rose over $70,000 in U.S. morning hours, reversing Thursday's sharp declines ahead of the weekend.

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

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Markets

XRP at center as Ripple lays out institutional DeFi blueprint for XRPL

Ripple and XRPL developers say recent mainnet upgrades and upcoming features position the XRP Ledger as a hub for regulated, real-world finance.

Ripple

Markets

Bitcoin’s crash to $60,000 has traders hunting for a hidden fund blowup

Traders on X are pointing to everything from a Hong Kong fund blowup to yen funding stress and even quantum security fears as bitcoin’s plunge turns into a full-blown narrative vacuum.

(Emily Morter/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin miner MARA moves $87 million BTC to various trading desks and exchanges: Arkham

The largest transfers went to credit and trading firm Two Prime, which received more than 660 BTC, while additional chunks were sent to a BitGo address and a fresh wallet.

Racks of mining machines.

Markets

Crypto sentiment gauge hits FTX-era lows as 'extreme fear' reaches a 9 reading

A sharp rise in volatility, a spike in defensive positioning and an increase in fear-driven search interest typically push the index lower.

Eggs with hand-drawn anxious faces symbolizing market fears

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Markets

U.S.-Iran warning resurfaces ahead of nuclear talks, further pressuring bitcoin and crypto markets

Traders are likely to treat geopolitical headlines as catalysts for volatility rather than clear directional signals for crypto prices.

(Nikoli Afina/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin surges back above $65,000 after $700 million wipeout in Asia whipsaw

BTC fell as much as 4.8% to around $60,033 during late U.S. hours, before snapping back to as high as $65,926.

Price bounce (Getty Images)