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.

Shaurya Malwa

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Markets

Dogecoin-Like Spike in Milady NFTs After Elon Musk’s Tweet, But Will It Last?

Prices of the NFT collection have soared in the past two days.

Milady 8835 last sold for 0.35 ETH (about $1,000) on OpenSea. (Remilia, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Threshold Network Goes Live With Wormhole to Bridge Bitcoin to 20 Blockchains

Using bitcoin on other networks previously required users to rely on centralized bridges, which increased risks for token holders.

Prime Protocol to eliminate need for cross-chain bridges (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Tech

Developers Deploy Uniswap Contracts on Bitcoin as BRC20-Based SHIB, PEPE Gain Popularity

Tokens issued on Bitcoin ran to a cumulative market capitalization of as much as $1.5 billion earlier this week before sharply correcting.

Red arrows moving upon wooden blocks, Business concept Growth, Conceptual Business Finance Growth (Sakchai Vongsasiripat)

Finance

Coinbase Newsletter Flags Rise of Pepecoin and BRC-20 Tokens, Irks Crypto Twitter

The crypto exchange said meme coins allow investors to make big profits in a short period of time but warned of long-term investing in these tokens.

Pepe the Frog Meme Gallery (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Crypto Derivatives Protocol Vega's Mainnet Goes Live for Futures, Options Trading

The blockchain is said to be built mainly to support decentralized derivatives trading.

(Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Markets

Crypto Whales Accumulate Millions in Pepecoin as Trading Volume Shifts to Binance

Larger market participants are buying up the meme coin even as prices dunk, suggesting another leg up might be on the cards soon.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Alameda Research Receives $57M From Crypto Exchange OKX

Alameda Research-controlled wallets hold over $240 million worth of cryptocurrencies.

(Creative Commons)

Tech

Ether Staking Deposits Top Withdrawals for First Time Since Shapella Upgrade

The divergence comes amid a meme coin frenzy that has pushed up fees on the Ethereum blockchain.

(Markus Winkler/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Trader Pays $120K in Fees to Buy $156K of Meme Coin Four

The move worked out in the end as the entity is sitting on a fat profit of several hundred thousand.

Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)

Tech

Block Demand Leads to Fee Spike as Bitcoin-Based Meme Coins Flourish

Over 11,000 tokens have been issued and traded on the Bitcoin network, data shows.

(Getty Images)