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 slides on Hormuz airstrikes as $897 million in long liquidations pile up

BTC dropped to its lowest since April 13 and ETH broke below $2,000 as U.S. airstrikes stoked inflation concerns, wiping out nearly $900 million in leveraged longs.

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Diverging trends: Ether slides below $2,000 while futures open interest hits record high of 16 million ETH

Ether drops below $2,000 amid heavy selling pressure, yet futures open interest hits a record high. This divergences suggests aggressive shorting.

Ether's price drops below $2,000. (CoinDesk)

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BlackRock's bitcoin ETF sheds $528 million, the second-largest daily outflow on record

IBIT recorded its second-biggest single-day net outflow since launch on Wednesday, missing a January record by less than half a million dollars, as the Iran-driven sell-off pulled institutional money out of bitcoin.

ETFs (Markus Winkler/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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XRP drops 4% below $1.30 as heavy selling breaks key support zone

XRP lost another major support level after high-volume selling accelerated late in the session, keeping focus on whether the months-long compression structure is now breaking lower.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Bitcoin drops below $73,000 as U.S. strikes on Iran spark $1 billion liquidations

Crypto majors sold off 3% to 4% and nearly $1 billion in leveraged positions were wiped out after U.S. airstrikes on an Iranian military site near the Strait of Hormuz reignited the conflict markets had started to price out.

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Bitcoin gauge tracking selling pressure moves into 'high-risk' zone as ETF demand slumps

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have accumulated a net 4,500 BTC since the start of 2026, with May reversing the buying pattern that built through March and April, per Swissblock data.

ETFs (Markus Winkler/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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XRP steadies near $1.32 as failed breakout keeps focus on narrowing trading range

XRP stayed trapped inside the same consolidation structure after another rejection near $1.36, with traders watching whether months of compression finally resolve into a larger move.

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Traders watch bitcoin 'golden cross' as BTC slides to near $75,000, ZEC dives 9%

A technical setup brewing on the bitcoin chart could decide which way the market breaks next, with the largest cryptocurrency sliding even as global equities hit record highs.

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Tech

XRPL could close its biggest DeFi gap if new AMM amendment passes

A draft proposal filed Tuesday would extend the XRP Ledger's native automated market maker with three swappable curve types, giving liquidity providers more efficient ways to deploy capital and closing one of XRPL DeFi's longest-standing gaps.

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Bitcoin demand gauge sinks to worst level since December as spot buying weakens

CryptoQuant’s 30-day apparent demand indicator is negative, signaling that buyers aren’t absorbing the available supply and leaving the market vulnerable.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)