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 tops $68,000 after Iran confirms leader killed in U.S., Israel airstrikes

The death of Iran's supreme leader opens the door to regime change, and markets are pricing in a shorter period of tension.

Iran flag (Akbar Nemati/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin's code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown

Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest debate in Bitcoin.

Mt Gox

Markets

Suspected insiders make over $1.2 million on Polymarket by betting on U.S.'s Iran strike

The strikes caused bitcoin’s price to fall and oil futures on Hyperliquid to rise over the regional conflict’s consequences.

(Photo by hosein charbaghi on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP tumbles 9% as break below $1.36 wipes out relief rally

Traders are watching $1.30 as immediate support after heavy-volume selling confirmed a bearish shift.

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Bitcoin sets up potential short squeeze as 'funding rate' plunges to three month low

Negative funding rates, rising open interest and liquidations point to crowded positioning and heightened derivatives activity.

BTC Funding Rate (Coinglass)

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Bitcoin could see further downside risks as Iran attacks U.S. bases across Middle East

Tehran launched waves of missiles and drones targeting Israel, U.S. bases, and Gulf allies, with explosions reported in Dubai, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

Hands rest on the keyboard of a laptop showing trading graphs, data. (Kanchanara / Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin nears $63,000 as U.S. and Israel launch strikes on Iran

The drop extends a pattern where bitcoin sells off on geopolitical shocks before recovering, as the token's 24/7 liquidity makes it one of the few large assets traders can exit over the weekend.

Ranked warplanes on the ground.

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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)

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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)