Shaurya Malwa

Shaurya is a Senior Ecosystems Analyst driving CoinDesk's market-leading coverage on tokens, data and insights, with a deep focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.

Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE, TOSHI, MOG and CAT.

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 drifts higher to $1.33, but range-bound trade still dominates

Rising volume and steady support near $1.30 suggest buyers are active, though XRP remains tied to broader crypto sentiment.

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Bitcoin reclaims $69,000 as ceasefire talks surface and crypto shorts get squeezed

A report that the U.S. and Iran are discussing a 45-day ceasefire lifted risk assets across the board on Monday, with short liquidations outpacing longs nearly 3-to-1 in the past 12 hours.

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Tech

A simple explainer on what quantum computing actually is, and why it is terrifying for bitcoin

Most simplifies the complex process of quantum computing as "it can be 0 and 1 at the same time." That is not an explanation for why it threatens Bitcoin. This is.

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Drift says $270 million exploit was a six-month North Korean intelligence operation

Attackers posed as a trading firm, met Drift contributors in person across multiple countries, deposited $1 million of their own capital, and waited half a year before executing the drain CoinDesk detailed earlier this week.

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Bitcoin holds steady as sentiment hits worst levels since Iran war began

Social sentiment, on-chain data, and positioning metrics all hit extremes not seen since late February, even as institutional buying remains elevated.

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Ex-UK Chancellor backs bitcoin as alternative to failing systems

Kwasi Kwarteng reflects on current U.K. market turmoil, fiscal “doom loop,” and his move into bitcoin with Stack BTC.

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Five data sources say the same thing about bitcoin market. It's thinning from the inside

CryptoQuant data shows overall bitcoin demand is contracting at -63,000 BTC per month even as institutional buyers accelerate purchases, with large holders distributing nearly 188,000 BTC over the past year.

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Here's what 'cracking' bitcoin in 9 minutes by quantum computers actually means

Google's quantum paper made headlines with that number. Here's what it means, what's actually at risk, and why 6.9 million bitcoin are more exposed than the rest.

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What next as XRP rises to $1.33 but fails to break out

Price tracks broader crypto flows, with range-bound structure intact until $1.35 breaks.

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Ethereum Foundation stakes another $93 million ether, reaching its 70,000 ETH target

The foundation deposited the bulk of its planned staking commitment in a single session, completing a program announced in February to turn dormant treasury holdings into a yield-generating position.

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