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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Markets

XRP hit by liquidation cascade as price slips below $2

Traders are watching $1.93 as near-term support and $2.05 as the critical resistance that must be reclaimed.

(CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Crypto majors slide as tariff fears spark risk-off move; gold zooms to record highs

Roughly $600 million in long crypto positions were liquidated as traders cut leverage and reassessed exposure.

Bitcoin moved lower after Trump tariff threat (Shutterstock)

Tech

Two solo bitcoin miners hit rare $300,000 jackpots in the same week

Two independent miners mined full blocks and collected roughly 3.15 BTC each, an uncommon outcome in a network dominated by large pools.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Elon Musk once backed a $10 billion OpenAI ICO, internal notes show

Internal OpenAI call notes show Elon Musk agreed to explore an ICO with a for-profit arm in early 2018, but later dropped the idea and exited the organization.

Elon Musk (jurvetson /CC BY 2.0./Modified by CoinDesk)

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Jefferies strategist Christopher Wood drops bitcoin for gold on quantum computing concern

Christopher Wood, Jefferies' global head of equity strategy, swapped a 10% bitcoin allocation with gold on concern quantum computing could weaken bitcoin’s security case.

Gold bars.

Tech

More people are using Ethereum for the first time, data shows

The rise in new wallets suggests broader interest in Ethereum, driven by decentralized finance, stablecoin transfers, NFTs, and new applications.

Two people work on a paper document surrounded by laptops.

Markets

Interactive Brokers accepts USDC deposits; Ripple's RLUSD coming soon

Eligible Interactive Brokers LLC clients can now deposit USDC around the clock, with funds converted to dollars and credited to brokerage accounts within minutes.

Trade, laptop. (TheInvestorPost/Pixabay)

Markets

XRP falls 4% on crypto market weakness even as ETF inflows stay strong

Short-term price action is driven by technical positioning, with $2.13 acting as a key resistance level.

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Dogecoin drops 4% as traders sell rallies and support gives way

Traders are cautious with meme tokens, favoring assets with clearer institutional signals.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Bitcoin slips to nearly $95,000 as Senate delay and risk-off moves weigh on crypto

Analysts suggest the market is pausing rather than reversing, with Bitcoin moving out of a long consolidation phase.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)