Shaurya Malwa

Deputy Managing 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

Technology

Crypto Miner F2Pool Mined the Last-Ever PoW Ether Block Before Merge

The miner used almost 30 million gwei to pay for that transaction.

Set 15, 2022

Photo by Pedro Henrique Santos on Unsplash

Markets

First Mover Asia: DeFi Builders Speak Out; What the Crowd Is Getting Wrong About the Ethereum Merge

The Merge will lead to the reduction of the Ethereum blockchain’s carbon footprint, but it will not lower gas fees or improve Ethereum’s scalability, coders behind popular Ethereum-based projects said; bitcoin trades sideways.

Set 15, 2022

ETH outperformed BTC Monday morning, picking up momentum in advance of the network's upcoming "Merge." (Lance Grandahl/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Network Tron Set to Capitalize on DeFi Boom With Wintermute as Market Maker

Apart from supporting Tron’s decentralized finance ecosystem, Wintermute will provide liquidity for major TRX pairs across multiple crypto exchanges, improving its accessibility.

Set 14, 2022

Markets

Terra’s Luna, Luna Classic Tokens Plunge as South Korea Issues Arrest Warrant for Do Kwon

Terra-based decentralized finance products saw outflows of over $20 million Wednesday morning.

Set 14, 2022

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon. (CoinDesk TV, modified)

Markets

Steep Drops in Bitcoin, Ether Cause Over $250M in Futures Losses

BTC fell 9% in the past 24 hours, the most among major cryptocurrencies, while ETH dropped 6%, CoinDesk data shows.

Set 14, 2022

El mercado de futuros de bitcoin se inclina hacia la baja. (Unsplash)

Finance

South Korean City Busan Taps Huobi to Develop Blockchain Infrastructure

The city wants to be a crypto hub.

Set 14, 2022

Markets

Crypto Lender Maker Turns to Staked Ether to Reduce USDC Influence

The development is part of a move away from centralized crypto products such as stablecoins.

Set 13, 2022

Venture capital firm Variant commits $450 million to its third crypto-focused fund. (Horst Schwalm/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Huobi to Delist 7 Privacy Coins, Including Zcash, Monero

The company said it is complying with regulations in different countries and regions.

Set 12, 2022

Technology

Cream Finance Exploiter Converts $1.75M in Stolen Funds to Bitcoin

The decentralized finance application has been exploited three times since it went live in 2020.

Set 12, 2022

Markets

Analysts Warn of Headwinds as Cryptos Gain Ahead of CPI Data, Luna Classic Pares Rally

U.S. inflation data for August will be released Tuesday, and some economists expect it to show that price growth slowed for a second straight month.

Set 12, 2022

Las principales criptomonedas aumentaron durante el fin de semana y los mercados de valores europeos y asiáticos subieron el lunes. (Lorenzo Cafaro/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)