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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Plunge in gold, silver, and copper sparks $120 million rout in blockchain metal clones

Metals remain a leading theme for the year while bitcoin trades independently, suggestive of its growing role as a standalone risk asset.

copper, cable

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Here's why Fed contender Kevin Warsh is seen as bearish for bitcoin

BTC fell deeper to nearly $81,000 late Thursday as Warsh's odds surged in betting markets.

BTC drops as Kevin Warsh emerges as contender for the Fed job. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor)

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XRP bulls lose $70 million as Ripple-linked token plunges 7%

Traders are watching $1.74 as near-term support, with $1.79–$1.82 now the key resistance zone.

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

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Bitcoin is going nuts with biggest volatility spike since November

The spike shows traders rushing for protection, though implied volatility is not yet at extreme levels versus the past year.

Bear roaring

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Rollercoaster bitcoin price moves end up liquidating $1.7 billion in bullish crypto bets

More than $1.7 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated in 24 hours as bitcoin fell to $81,000, with long bets accounting for nearly all the damage amid macro jitters and Fed chair speculation.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Ripple-linked XRP drops 5%, opening downside risk toward $1.70

Traders are watching $1.80 as near-term support, with $1.87–$1.90 now the key resistance zone.

XRP News

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Dogecoin slumps 7% as bitcoin risk-off rattles memecoin bets

The token broke below key support at $0.1218 on heavy volume, turning that level into near-term resistance even after a brief bounce from around $0.115.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Gold in 'extreme greed' sentiment as it adds entire bitcoin market cap in one day

Bullion ripped past $5,500 and sentiment gauges hit “extreme greed,” while bitcoin stayed pinned below $90K — a split that’s getting harder to ignore.

Gold (Unsplash/Zlataky/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Investors accuse Cere Network of $100 million fraud and token-dump scheme in lawsuit

Plaintiffs say insiders sold millions of dollars’ worth of tokens immediately after Cere’s 2021 ICO, sending prices into a near-total collapse.

Court room and gavel

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Number of wallets with 1 million XRP is rising again

On-chain data points to underlying demand for XRP as ETFs pull in over $90 million.

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