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

Bitcoin slides to $65,000 in weekend sell-off, with solana, XRP, dogecoin down 6%

The pullback erased most of Wednesday's push toward $70,000 as hot producer-price data and a post-earnings Nvidia decline dragged risk assets lower heading into the weekend.

Waterslide on a field (extremis/Pixabay)

Tech

AI tool catches critical XRP Ledger bug that could have drained wallets

The vulnerability in the Batch amendment's signature validation was found during the voting phase and never reached mainnet, but the exploit path was severe enough that validators were immediately told to vote it down.

XRP token glitch (CoinDesk)

Markets

Polymarket bettors appear to have insider-traded on a market designed to catch insider traders

At least 12 wallets collectively made over $1 million betting on the outcome of ZachXBT's investigation before the findings went public, with one trader turning a $0.14 average entry on shares into $411,000 in profit.

hackers (Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin slides Friday as risk-off mood persists, but majors hold weekly gains

Analysts say the latest drop appears to be a leverage flush and positioning cleanup rather than a structural trend reversal

lists of market prices and percentage changest (geralt/Pixabay)

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World Liberty Financial ties voting power to staking as USD1 supply tops $4.7 Billion

The proposal redirects stablecoin arbitrage from institutional market makers to large token holders and links voting rights to capital commitment.

Consensus 2025: Zak Folkman, Eric Trump

Tech

Flare and Xaman unlock one-click DeFi access for over 2 billion XRP sitting idle in wallets

The integration lets XRP holders deposit into yield-generating vaults through a single transaction without leaving their existing wallet or bridging assets manually.

XRP News

Markets

Crypto investigator ZachXBT alleges trading platform Axiom's employee conducted insider trading

ZachXBT.alleges a senior Axiom employee used internal dashboards to access private wallet data and track traders’ activity, raising questions about potential insider trading.

Hacker sitting in a room

Tech

Ethereum Foundation drops most ambitious roadmap in years, targets finality in seconds by 2029

The "strawmap" outlines seven forks through the end of the decade, including post-quantum cryptography, shielded transfers, and a 480x reduction in transaction finality time.

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Markets

Here is why the wild accusations of Jane Street rigging bitcoin price may not be true

Jane Street is a major authorized participant in spot bitcoin ETFs. That's not a conspiracy. But the mechanics of what APs actually do at market open explain more than most people realize.

Bitcoin Logo (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin touches $70,000 before fading as altcoins lead the strongest bounce in weeks

Ether, solana, and cardano all outpaced bitcoin on the day, suggesting a rotation into higher-beta tokens as forced selling from the February crash begins to clear.

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