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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Crypto Market Cap Halts at $3.7T as Traders Rotate Out, Institutions Double Down on BTC, ETH

“Bitcoin was again approaching its 50-day moving average. Such frequent testing of the medium-term trend signal line indicates accumulated fatigue in the first cryptocurrency,” one analyst said.

A do not wall crosswalk. (Kai Pilger/Unsplash)

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Cardano’s Midnight Begins NIGHT Airdrop Across Eight Chains in Privacy-Powered Rollout

Dubbed the “Glacier Drop,” the airdrop is live as of Wednesday and available to wallets that held at least $100 in native tokens on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Cardano, Avalanche, XRP Ledger, or Brave as of a June 11 snapshot.

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SBI Files for Bitcoin–XRP ETF in Japan, Pushing Dual Crypto Exposure Into Regulated Markets

The ‘Crypto-Assets ETF’ is structured to track the performance of both assets simultaneously, providing a single-entry point for investors seeking crypto exposure.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

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Base Says Sequencer Failure Caused Block Production Halt of 33 Minutes

The outage began at 06:07 UTC on Aug. 5, when the active sequencer fell behind due to congestion from on-chain activity, according to Base.

A plug disconnected from its electricity socket.

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Pendle Lets Crypto Traders Bet on Bitcoin, Ether Funding Rates With Boros Platform

For traders who pay or earn funding fees on CEXs, Boros offers a new hedge: short YU if funding is expected to fall; long if rates are projected to spike.

Funding rates on ether futures return to normal days after merge (Pixabay)

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DOGE Sheds 5% as Volume Quadruples, Testing Key Support Zones

Traders are monitoring whether DOGE can stabilize above $0.198 or face further downside toward $0.185.

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XRP Prints Lower Highs, Volume Spikes to 169M in Sharp Reversal

Price action accelerated at 14:00 when XRP fell from $3.04 to $2.97 on a 169.41 million volume surge — over 3x its 24-hour average of 52.73 million — establishing $3.04 as interim resistance and validating $2.93 as a local support floor.

(CoinDesk Data)

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XRP Analysis: $3 Becomes Make-or-Break Level for the Ripple Linked Token

Price action remained volatile between $2.83 and $3.11, with short-term upside stalling at resistance levels while volumes surged past 110 million XRP — including a $33 million one-minute transaction that spooked order books.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Retail XRP Holders Will Soon Be Able to Tap DeFi on Flare, No Seed Phrase Needed

XRP holders will soon be able to wrap the token into FXRP via Flare’s FAssets protocol and deploy it across staking and liquidity products.

Flare (Osarugue Igbinoba/Unsplash)