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.

Shaurya Malwa

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Finance

Robinhood Chain's real-world assets jump fivefold as tokenized stocks start trading in bigger size

The chain built to put equities onchain has tripled in size since mid-July, and a dozen tokenized stocks are now each clearing $500,000 a day. Real-world assets are growing fast, though memecoins and stablecoins still dominate the chain.

Vlad Tenev, Chairman & CEO of Robinhood. (Michael Santiago/Getty Images)

Tech

India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat

The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as 'Cockroach Janta Party' protesters in Delhi use mesh tools to communicate through internet shutdowns.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus (CoinDesk)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin gives up gains, falls below $64,000 as stocks retreat

Michael Saylor's Strategy — under continued pressure in this crypto bear market — released a new set of metrics to judge company performance.

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Finance

Ripple’s RLUSD gets two boosts as transfer volume drops 25%

Ripple launched an institutional minting platform and added RLUSD to Notabene’s compliance network as holder growth rose but monthly transfer volume fell to $10.95 billion.

Brad Garlinghouse at DC Fintech Week (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin holds near $65,000 as $800 billion AI selloff leaves crypto largely untouched

The Magnificent Seven had their worst day since April 2025 after Alphabet and Tesla spooked investors on AI spending. Bitcoin fell less than 1%, and dogecoin led the majors lower.

A trader checks his phone while sitting in front of a screen with charts. (Pixabay)

Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin slides as stocks slump on Iran war expansion, AI spending concern

Chipmaker Intel's revenue beat helped ease sentiment after a bruising session for tech stocks, with bitcoin holding near $65,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Thursday (CoinDesk)

Markets

South Korea's oldest crypto exchange is now part of the $1 trillion Mirae Group family

Korbit, South Korea's first cryptocurrency exchange, has joined the Mirae Asset Group family, marking the first time a traditional Korean financial group's affiliate has taken a controlling stake in a domestic crypto exchange.

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Tech

Bitcoin, Ethereum-linked protocols lose $35 million in multiple attacks hours apart

The attacks hit Verus, B² Network and other cross-chain systems, showing how compromised keys, upgrade powers and validation checks can empty protocols without breaking the underlying cryptography.

Computer coding, hacks. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

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Tech

Arbitrum-based AFX Trade drained of $24 million after bridge keys compromised

Security firms said the attacker used enough hot-validator signatures to approve a 24.15 million USDC withdrawal, while Arbitrum said its native bridge was not affected.

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Tech

Balance stablecoin collapses 99% after $1 million exploit drains its bitcoin vaults

An attacker fed the lending system a fake, abnormally low bitcoin price, liquidated vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed the difference in a single transaction.

Computer coding, hacks. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)