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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Bitcoin’s crash to $60,000 has traders hunting for a hidden fund blowup

Traders on X are pointing to everything from a Hong Kong fund blowup to yen funding stress and even quantum security fears as bitcoin’s plunge turns into a full-blown narrative vacuum.

(Emily Morter/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin miner MARA moves $87 million BTC to various trading desks and exchanges: Arkham

The largest transfers went to credit and trading firm Two Prime, which received more than 660 BTC, while additional chunks were sent to a BitGo address and a fresh wallet.

Racks of mining machines.

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Crypto sentiment gauge hits FTX-era lows as 'extreme fear' reaches a 9 reading

A sharp rise in volatility, a spike in defensive positioning and an increase in fear-driven search interest typically push the index lower.

Eggs with hand-drawn anxious faces symbolizing market fears

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U.S.-Iran warning resurfaces ahead of nuclear talks, further pressuring bitcoin and crypto markets

Traders are likely to treat geopolitical headlines as catalysts for volatility rather than clear directional signals for crypto prices.

(Nikoli Afina/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin surges back above $65,000 after $700 million wipeout in Asia whipsaw

BTC fell as much as 4.8% to around $60,033 during late U.S. hours, before snapping back to as high as $65,926.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin falls under $68,000 with traders betting move to low-$60,000s

Crypto liquidations crossed $1 billion over the past 24 hours, wiping out about $980 million million in bullish leveraged bets

Trading screen. (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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XRP DeFi opens to institutions as Hex Trust adds custodial FXRP access

Custodian Hex Trust will let clients mint and redeem FXRP and stake FLR through its platform, giving institutions a way to put XRP to work.

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

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'Big Short' Micheal Burry spots 2022 vibes in bitcoin crash

The ‘Big Short’ investor compared the current slide with a one-time past cycle breakdown that saw BTC lose nearly half its value before stabilizing.

Michael Burry attends the "The Big Short" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015.

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Vitalik Buterin blasts Ethereum 'copypasta' L2 chains, says the rollup excuse is fading

Ethereum’s co-founder says the ecosystem has grown too comfortable shipping lookalike networks, arguing that scaling alone is no longer a compelling reason to exist.

Vitalik Buterin