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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Tech

How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices

Galaxy Research said weak seed generation let an attacker recreate likely private keys offline, sweep more than 1,000 BTC from nearly 1,200 wallets and continue searching without ever accessing the devices.

Bitcoin cold wallet Coldcard. (Coldcard/Coinkite)

Policy

U.S. sanctions Iran-linked bitcoin insurance scheme for Strait of Hormuz ships

The Treasury Department said the Hormuz Safe platform accepted bitcoin and other digital assets as part of an alleged sanctions workaround tied to IRGC-backed shipping controls.

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

Markets

Live updates: 'Move your funds now,' says co-founder and CEO of Coldcard maker Coinkite

The Bank of Japan left its benchmark at 1% and Governor Ueda's hawkish signals landed softly, since markets had already priced an October hike.

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Markets

Bitcoin flat near $64,000 as Kospi's record 17% surge leaves crypto untouched

Samsung and SK Hynix both jumped more than 23%. Bitcoin moved a fraction of a percent in the past 24 hours, and most majors are still lower on the week.

Two charts and keyboard in a darkened room. (Asa E K/Unsplash)

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Tech

Major bitcoin wallet flaw drains $38 million worth of BTC in 25-minute sweep

A hardware wallet randomness bug turned “impossible to guess” seeds into guessable ones, and $38 million is already gone.

Coldcard urges users to move bitcoin as active wallet exploit continues. (Coinkite)

Tech

The economics behind Aave proposal to ditch 6 chains that earn loose change in revenue

A governance proposal would shut deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos, and retire 50 asset markets elsewhere. Deposits on some have fallen more than 90%.

Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin holds above $64,000 as Nasdaq surges on AI trade comeback

The Nasdaq gained more than 2%, with Microsoft higher by 15% after its cloud unit grew at the fastest pace in four years while it held the line on spending.

Bitcoin holds near $64,000 as Microsoft's AI payoff lifts stocks. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin and ether markets are ruled by perps. SpaceX showed how far their influence can go

Perpetual futures drive much of the price discovery for bitcoin and ether. When traders pointed the same machinery at a private company, they priced the biggest IPO in history more accurately than Wall Street, and then watched the stock walk away from them.

SpaceX's IPO in June 2026 (Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

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Markets

Bitcoin, ether whipsaw wipes out $286 million in leveraged bets

Price volatility around the Federal Reserve's rate decision cleared positions for roughly 90,000 traders, with unusually equal losses for bulls and bears.

Bitcoin, ether whipsaw wipes out $280 million even as prices remain flat over 24 hours. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Ether, XRP flat as chip stocks steady on Samsung's 250-fold profit surge

Crypto's majors barely moved as Asia's semiconductor selloff eased. Most are still lower over the week, with HYPE down 8%.

Ether, XRP flat as chip stocks steady on Samsung's 250-fold pr