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

Research Firm Favors Bitcoin 'Covered Strangle' Strategy to Enhance Portfolio Yield by 17%

Research firm 10x suggests bitcoin holders use the options strategy to enhance portfolio yield by 17%.

Strategy, board. (kaboompics/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Target $74K Next Week as BTC Spot ETFs Log Four Days of Inflows

One trader said rising risk appetite for alternative assets could cause bitcoin to exceed the $70,000 level over the weekend.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Expect Prices to Hit $74K Highs as Selling Pressure Eases

One trading desk has seen an uptick in call buying activity with targets of as high as $120,000 for December 2024.

Bull Market (Kameleon007/Getty Images)

Markets

SHIB to Get More Scarce as Key Exchange Expands to Shibarium

Increased transactions on the Shibarium blockchain will lead to a higher burn rate for the SHIB token, reducing its circulating supply.

(Christal Yuen/Unsplash)

Markets

CME Looks to Take On Binance and Coinbase, Could Launch Spot Bitcoin Trading: Report

The CME is already the top bitcoin futures exchange by open interest, while the offshore, non-regulated Binance dominates the spot market.

A pedestrian passes a sign outside the building which houses the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Hovers at $62K While Pepe Hits Record High as GameStop Extends Rally

Dog-themed floki (FLOKI) zoomed 12%, the highest among the top 50 tokens by market capitalization, while pepe (PEPE) jumped 5% to a new lifetime peak.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism

Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were not affected.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin DeFi Tool Alex Lab Loses $4.3M in Hack, Offers 10% Bounty for Stolen Funds

The ALEX team proposed a 10% bounty on the total stolen funds in exchange for the return of 90% of assets.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Markets

GameStop Rally Sends Meme Coins Skywards; PEPE, FLOKI, MOG Surge

“Roaring Kitty is living proof that retail can mog (outperform) institutions at the highest level,” one meme coin developer said.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

News Analysis

Bitcoin Runes Protocol Sees Traction Waning After Much-Hyped Introduction

User activity has plunged after a hyped run-up to the introduction of the Runes protocol, which was expected by some to mirror Solana’s meme coin ecosystem.

Leonidas's DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON token secured a coveted satoshi during the fourth Bitcoin halving. (DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON)