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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Tokenized Google stock inflated 7,700% in rare DeFi lending exploit

An attacker inflated the value of a tokenized Google share used as collateral to about 78 times its real price, then borrowed against it, leaving roughly $403,000 in bad debt.

Hacker sitting in a room (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin opens the third quarter in an historical red zone after rare losing first half

Bitcoin fell in both the first and second quarters of 2026, only the third time it has opened a year that way. In the two earlier instances, 2018 and 2022, the second half brought no rescue.

Bear. (Hans-Jurgen Mager/Unsplash)

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Aave logs biggest network-growth day in nearly 5 years as DeFi interest returns

The lending protocol added 1,806 new wallets in a single day, the most since October 2021, according to Santiment. The AAVE token has risen about 20% in a week even as the broader market slides.

Stylized AAVE logo (CoinDesk)

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Live markets: bitcoin bounces to $60,000 after Warsh comments, economic data

Record ETF outflows in June beat the previous worst month by 29% and came on nine consecutive days of redemptions to close the period.

Price bounce (Getty Images)

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Anthropic restores AI models Fable, Mythos after the U.S. lifts export controls

The government cleared Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, weeks after a cybersecurity finding triggered an export order that froze access for everyone.

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic. (Creative Commons)

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XRP holds above $1 after leverage flush as network activity improves

Open interest has collapsed from last year’s highs while active addresses and ETF inflows rise, but XRP still needs to reclaim $1.10 before the chart turns cleaner.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Bitcoin’s quiet $59,000-$60,000 range is starting to look dangerous

The token has traded in a tight band near $59,000 to $60,000 all week. The pattern echoes a calm stretch from 2024, but this one is forming below support in a falling market, and a break could open the way toward $40,000.

pen rests on paper showing sketched graph going lower.

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Live updates: bitcoin closes out weak quarter; Trump reports over $1 billion in crypto proceeds

IBIT alone shed $300 million while smaller funds absorbed some of the outflow. The selloff lands as the same AI trade that crashed Korea a week ago now powers a record quarterly rally there.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

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XRP holds $1 support as network activity rises and leverage clears out

Active addresses jumped 72% in two weeks while open interest fell to its lowest level since July 2025, giving traders a cleaner setup even as price remains trapped below resistance.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Ether, solana and dogecoin slide as Strategy's bitcoin sales plan pressures market

Bitcoin held below $60,000 as a surging dollar kept crypto pinned. Onchain demand stayed quiet through the week's losses, and Strategy's plan to possibly sell bitcoin added to the caution.

Laptop with markets monitor and charts. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)