Shaurya Malwa

Deputy Manager Editor, Data & Tokens

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.

Latest from Shaurya Malwa

Markets

First Mover Asia: Celsius Token Price Rise Pegged to Market Dynamics Rather Than Fundamentals; BTC Retreats Again

The price of the troubled crypto lending platform's CEL has been rising, to many observers' puzzlement; ether falls.

Aug 18, 2022

Finance

Dogecoin Jumps as Dogechain Gains Traction Among Retail Crypto Traders

The Polygon Edge-based Dogechain locks nearly $5 million in liquidity and is gaining prominence among retail crypto traders.

Aug 17, 2022

Dogechain es la nueva tendencia entre los usuarios cripto de Twitter. (Jaycee Xie/UnSplash)

Tech

DeFi Firms Iron Bank, Yearn Finance Join Layer 2 Protocol Optimism

Developers of the DeFi protocols said companion blockchain networks offer improved security and capital efficiency for users.

Aug 16, 2022

After weeks of delays, the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF is ready to launch. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Acala Stablecoins Near $1 Peg After Community Burns 1.2B aUSD Minted by Exploiters

Developers said trace reports were underway to identify the transactions performed by the 16 wallet addresses connected to the exploit.

Aug 16, 2022

Tech

DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Falls 99% After Hackers Issue 1.3B Tokens

A bug in the protocol’s newly deployed iBTC-aUSD liquidity pool left the door wide open for hackers to exploit.

Aug 15, 2022

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Markets

Shiba Inu, Dogecoin Jump as Risk-On Behavior Returns to Crypto Markets

Futures tracking the two tokens saw over $25 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours.

Aug 15, 2022

Shiba Inu dog (Anastasiia Cherniavskaia/Getty Images)

Tech

'Copycats' Stole $88M During Nomad Exploit by Copying Attacker's Code: Coinbase

Over 88% of the addresses involved in the $190 million Nomad attack likely belonged to users copying a code that was initially used by the exploiters.

Aug 11, 2022

Elliptic says RenBridge was used to launder $540 million in illicit funds. (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Fund QCP Capital Says Options Trading Is Next Institutional Growth Driver

Institutional investors are much more likely to engage in options trading than other crypto-centric niches, co-founder Darius Sit shared at an event in Seoul.

Aug 11, 2022

QCP Capital co-founder Darius Sit speaking at Korea Blockchain Week. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Soars Past $24K on Favorable CPI; Governments Focus Too Much on Crypto’s Economic Importance, Australia Academics Argue

Professors from The University of Sydney say that as governments consider different initiatives, they are overlooking crypto’s social and cultural significance.

Aug 10, 2022

Bitcoin is up more than 10% over the the past week. (jayk7/Getty Images)

Tech

Over $600K Vanishes From DeFi Project Blur Finance; Developers Disappear

The project's Twitter feed and Discord channel have been deleted.

Aug 10, 2022

Crypto miners face margin calls, defaults as debt comes due in bear market. (Andrew Khoroshavin/Pixabay)