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 weakens after losing support, with $1.85 next in focus

XRP's price action was characterized by high volume at resistance, suggesting larger players were selling into strength.

(CoinDesk Data)

Tech

‘Most important tokenholder rights debate’: Aave faces identity crisis

The Aave community has become sharply divided over control of the protocol’s brand and related assets, intensifying an ongoing dispute over the relationship between the DAO and Aave Labs.

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Markets

XRP holders can now earn yield without selling their tokens

Flare's earnXRP is a simple way to put tokens to work while staying fully exposed to XRP's price action.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin trails gold and copper, as 'fear and AI' trade lifts tangible assets

Gold and copper have outperformed other major assets this year, with gold rallying more than copper.

XRP futures volume beat SOL on Kraken. (geralt/Pixabay)

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Markets

Aave falls 18% over week as dispute pulls down token deeper than major crypto tokens

The move added to selling pressure that had already been building since the governance proposal moved to a Snapshot vote.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin heads for its worst Q4 since 2018 as traders predict further declines

Data from CoinGlass shows bitcoin is down more than 22% so far in the fourth quarter, making 2025 one of the weakest year-end periods outside of major bear markets.

(16:9 CROP) Bull and Bear (Rawpixel)

Markets

Dogecoin breaks short-term support, eyes lower demand zone

Trading volume surged to 721 million tokens, indicating active repositioning rather than thin price movement.

(CoinDesk Data)

Markets

XRP struggles near $1.90 as mixed technical signals emerge

Price action remained contained within a relatively tight range, with total volatility of about 2.7%, reflecting indecision rather than capitulation.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Markets

Bitcoin reclaims $90,000, but risk of U.S. trading day awaits

Futures open interest rose steadily as BTC pushed higher, climbing toward $60 billion across major venues.

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Tech

Bitcoin isn’t under quantum threat yet, but upgrade could take 5-10 years

Even if quantum machines capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography are decades away, the work required to update software, infrastructure and user behavior would be measured in years, not months.

Quantum Computing Room