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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Markets

Startup lets researchers mine blockchain tasks on a quantum computer for the first time

Built with advice and hardware access from D-Wave, the testnet has drawn 13,000 sign-ups and early work from six research teams, but remains an experimental environment rather than a live mainnet.

Quantum Computing Optics (Ben Wicks/Unsplash)

Finance

Ripple Treasury puts XRP and RLUSD inside corporate finance for the first time

The treasury management system, built on Ripple's 2025 acquisition of GTreasury, lets CFOs view and manage digital assets alongside fiat in a single dashboard without separate custody or wallet infrastructure.

coins jars pensions savings

Markets

Oil trader takes $17 million hit as tokenized crude rivals bitcoin liquidations

Brent crude futures on Hyperliquid recorded $46.6 million in liquidations, behind only ether and bitcoin. The single largest liquidation was a $17.17 million oil position.

pipeline, oil

Markets

Bitcoin, ether, solana slide further as Trump threatens to hit Iran 'extremely hard'

Crypto and equities sold off after the president's national address undermined a two-day rally built on expectations the war was ending. Oil jumped 5% to above $106.

pen rests on paper showing sketched graph going lower.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s crashes are shrinking, and Wall Street is starting to notice

Not all analysts agree that further drawdowns are over, as Bloomberg Analyst Mike McGlone insists the crypto bubble is over and bitcoin could still revisit $10,000.

price decline

Tech

OpenAI raises a record $122 billion as revenue crosses $2 billion per month

The funding round, anchored by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, is the largest private funding in history.

OpenAI logo on a mobile phone.

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs post first monthly inflows since October as price stabilizes

ETF AUM fell just 7% from the October highs, highlighting resilience despite a 50% price decline.

BTC Monthly ETF Net Inflow (SoSOValue)

Finance

Uniswap Foundation held $85.8M at year-end, committed $26M in grants during 2025

Unaudited financials show the DeFi protocol's foundation had runway through January 2027 before the UNIfication governance overhaul passed in late December.

Uniswap unicorn balloon

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Markets

These catalysts could bump bitcoin as Trump hands three-week target to end Iran war

Asian stocks surged 4% and S&P 500 futures jumped after Trump said the conflict could conclude without a deal with Tehran, while Morgan Stanley's newly approved bitcoin ETF at 14 basis points opens a $6.2 trillion advisory channel.

Donald Trump

Markets

XRP holds $1.34 as supply tightens but price fails to break higher

Record outflows and rising scarcity suggest accumulation, yet failure to break higher keeps setup unresolved.

(CoinDesk Data)