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

Ether, solana, xrp surge 8% as crypto markets rally on easing war fears

Ether surged 7.5%, dogecoin jumped 7.5%, and solana added 5.3% as global equities rebounded and $700 million flowed into U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs since the start of March.

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Ray Dalio says 'there is only one gold' as bitcoin outperforms gold during worst geopolitical crisis in years

The Bridgewater founder dismissed bitcoin's safe-haven credentials on the same day gold dropped 3% while bitcoin fell less than 1%.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater. (CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin holds, ether, solana slide as Mideast woes drag Asian equities to multi-year lows

The largest cryptocurrency briefly reclaimed the top of its range on Tuesday before sellers pushed it back to $67,000, while South Korean stocks posted their worst two-day drop since 2008.

a sketched graph, heading downward, on a piece of paper

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Ripple expands payments platform into end-to-end stablecoin infrastructure as processed volume tops $100 billion

The company added managed custody, virtual account collections, and fiat-to-stablecoin settlement capabilities, positioning itself as a single provider for enterprise digital asset payments across 60 markets.

Ripple

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Bitcoin, cryptos under pressure as oil spikes 6% and global markets price in U.S.-Iran conflict

Bitcoin fell back to $66,700 as traditional markets opened to their first chance to price the weekend's military escalation, with oil surging to $77 and Asian equities dropping 1.4%.

North Sea oil rig. Credit: Shutterstock

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SpaceX’s $780 million bitcoin stack now down to about $545 million ahead of IPO filing

The company holds about 8,285 bitcoin in Coinbase Prime custody, a stake now worth roughly $545 million after a $235 million decline in value over the past three months.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

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Ether, solana, xrp surge up to 10% as majors recover Saturday's war-driven losses

Solana led major tokens with a 10.8% bounce, while ether reclaimed $2,000 and bitcoin climbed back above $66,800 ahead of traditional futures opens on Sunday.

Rising candle chart on monitor screen (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Markets

Polymarket attracts record trading 'world' volumes as U.S.-Iran bets top $529 million

A prediction market about military strikes on a sovereign nation now sits alongside presidential election bets as one of the most-traded contracts the platform has ever hosted.

Polymarket baseball cap (Bradley Keoun)

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Bitcoin tops $68,000 after Iran confirms leader killed in U.S., Israel airstrikes

The death of Iran's supreme leader opens the door to regime change, and markets are pricing in a shorter period of tension.

Iran flag (Akbar Nemati/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin's code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown

Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest debate in Bitcoin.

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