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

Trump-backed WLFI moves to unlock 62 billion tokens after $75 million loan controversy

The project would burn 4.5 billion tokens while beginning to vest 40.7 billion tokens for founders and the team, restructuring locks that were originally set to be indefinite.

World Liberty Financial leadership team. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Winklevoss Capital moves $43 million in bitcoin to custody after hitting lowest balance since 2012

Arkham data shows 572 BTC moved from Gemini's hot wallet to Winklevoss custody addresses in two transactions in 17 hours, reversing part of last month's $128.5 million deposit.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine reports $3.8 billion Q1 loss in latest filing

The largest corporate ether holder posted a $3.8 billion quarterly loss as its pivot from mining to ETH accumulation continues.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens.

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XRP climbs toward $1.38 as Japan's Rakuten integrates token for payments

Breakout backed by institutional flows and whale buying, with Japan adoption adding a fresh demand narrative.

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Ether-bitcoin ratio bounces from 2026 lows, signaling broader crypto recovery

The ETH/BTC ratio hit its highest since January as Ethereum's network added 284,000 new users in Q1 and stablecoin supply reached a record $180 billion.

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SOL, ADA, DOGE pull back, bitcoin holds above $74,000 as Asia recoups Iran war losses

China's CSI 300 joins Taiwan and Singapore in erasing war-related declines as US-Iran talk optimism keeps oil below $100; spot ETFs posted $471 million in single-day inflows last week.

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Tech

XRP Ledger adds zero-knowledge proofs targeting institutional privacy gap

The Boundless integration enables private transaction execution on XRPL while maintaining compliance, addressing what the company calls the "transparency tax" that has held back institutional adoption of public blockchains.

A padlock secures a gate hasp. (Shutterstock)

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NFT bull Steve Aoki sells his SHIB, ETH, and PEPE. His Bored Apes are down 88%.

The DJ who told CoinDesk in 2021 that NFTs would be "part of culture" within five years is quietly exiting crypto.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

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Japan's central bank cools rate hike expectations, removing a key risk for bitcoin's rally

The BOJ's dovish shift keeps the yen carry trade alive, the same trade whose unwind crashed bitcoin 24% in two days in August 2024.

Japan flag in front of a building (Roméo A./Unsplash)

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Dogecoin climbs 3% toward 10 cents as ether breakout drives memecoin bets

Strong institutional activity pushed DOGE out of consolidation, but the real test sits just above current levels.

(CoinDesk Data)