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

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.

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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)

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Solo bitcoin miner turns $75 of rented hashrate into a $200,000 block reward

The miner rented 1 petahash per second through on-demand cloud mining and got lucky on block 938,092, one of 21 solo-mined blocks in the past year.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP jumps 6% as exchange data points to institutional accumulation

Break above $1.37 draws strong spot demand, with ETF inflows and retail buying suggesting positioning shift.

XRP symbol on top of dollar bills. (Unsplash/CoinDesk)

Markets

Leading stablecoin Tether shrinks again as market cap looks set for second straight monthly drop

Growth of tether and other top stablecoins has stalled, posing risk to the broader crypto market.

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices. (Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Markets

Vitalik Buterin sold 17,000 ETH this month as ether fell 37%

The Ethereum co-founder's tracked wallets dropped from 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH in February, with sales routed through CoW Protocol in small batches to limit market impact.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Dogecoin jumps 5% as breakout flips resistance into support

The token is consolidating around $0.0940–$0.0945 with higher lows, signaling constructive momentum after the breakout.

DOGE glitch (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin bounces above $65,000 as dollar weakens and bullish hopes build

A broad uptick across tokens arrived alongside a softer greenback and a rally in Asian equities, though analysts remain split on whether the Feb. 5 lows will hold.

Price bounce (Getty Images)