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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XRP slips below $1.35 after triangle breakdown puts focus on $1.30 support

XRP lost a key support zone after another failed breakout attempt, with traders now watching whether the months-long compression pattern resolves lower.

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HYPE briefly overtakes Dogecoin, privacy tokens slide as US strikes on Iran rattle markets

ZEC and XMR dropped 5% in a session that saw most major tokens pull back after weeks of gains, with the move tracking renewed Middle East tension and a rebound in oil prices.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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XRP slips 2% as profit-taking knocks token back below $1.40

XRP gave back gains after a high-volume selloff erased the latest breakout attempt, though buyers stepped back in near support around $1.38.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Aave restores ether borrowing limits after $230 million exploit

The DeFi lending protocol reversed restrictions imposed after April’s $292 million exploit, restoring borrowing capacity across six networks as contagion fears ease.

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Iran may be turning the Strait of Hormuz into a bitcoin-based insurance market, local reports say

State-linked Fars News reported that Iran’s economy ministry has been working on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait with payments in bitcoin.

A bulk carrier shrouded in mist awaits entry to the Strait of Hormuz (Getty)

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HYPE pops 7%, beating bitcoin declines, as SpaceX pre-IPO lands on Hyperliquid

Hyperliquid's HYPE token rallied 7% over 24 hours after Trade.xyz launched the first pre-IPO perpetual market on the platform, offering synthetic exposure to SpaceX at a reference valuation of $1.78 trillion.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images)

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XRP beat bitcoin gains as Clarity Act advanced, but a real bullrun still needs Congress

The token jumped 5% after a Senate committee moved the market-structure bill forward, reviving hopes that legal clarity can pull deeper institutional money into XRP products.

Tokenized representation of Ripple's logo on a pile of cash. (Wildbook/Unsplash)

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Crypto longs lose $500 million as bitcoin slides to $78,000, SOL and XRP down 5%

A long-skewed liquidation cascade flushed leverage across the major tokens overnight, with the move tracking a global bond selloff and the worst session for U.S. stocks since March.

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Bhutan ‘doesn’t recall’ selling any bitcoin, disputing widely tracked $1 billion BTC drawdown

Arkham Intelligence data shows that over $1 billion in bitcoin has left wallets attributed to Bhutan in the past year, flowing to exchanges and trading firms. The country says it has not sold any.

Buddha point, Thimphu, Bhutan (Passang Tobgay/Unsplash)

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XRP gives back gains after Senate crypto bill sparks 5% rally

XRP stayed pinned below resistance even as derivatives activity surged ahead of a key Senate vote that could formally reinforce the token’s commodity status.

(CoinDesk Data)