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

Dogecoin, Floki Bullish Bets Rise on X Payments Speculation

DOGE has the tendency to surge on payments-related developments at any Elon Musk-owned companies, such as X or Tesla. Floki, named after Musk’s dog, moves as a beta bet among midcap traders.

A Shiba inu, the dog breed that inspired both DOGE and SHIB, is getting a ride in cryptocurrency markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Manta Network Hit by 'DDoS' Attack Amid Token Issuance

The network’s MANTA token went live on Thursday and has reached a $550 million capitalization.

Manta Ray. (Justin Henry/Creative Commons)

Markets

Crypto Bulls Lose $217M Amid Concern About Grayscale Outflows

Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas pointed out that GBTC shares flipped to a 0.9% discount versus net asset value amid "likely due to selling pressure."

A bear looking at the trees. (Olen Gandy, Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Hits $1B AUM in One Week

IBIT’s holdings consist of 99% bitcoin, and nearly $60,000 in fiat, data shows.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

TrueUSD Wobbles Towards $1 Peg Amid Reported Redemption Issues

TUSD went as low as 97 cents as Binance data shows traders apparently sold over $300 million worth.

dollar bill reflected on kitchen counter

Markets

Dogwifhat Zooms to Nearly 50 Cents as Solana Meme Coins Make a Comeback

A bump in network activity and usage could contribute to an upside for Solana’s SOL.

The dogwifhat meme (Know your meme)

Markets

Bitcoin Downside Risks Remain Despite Early Success of Spot ETFs, Observers Say

Several on-chain metrics and indicators still suggest the price correction may not be over or at least that a new rally is still not on the cards, one firm said.

Risk (Gino Crescoli/Pixabay)

Tech

Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Goes Live, But Fails to Finalize on Testnet

Developers said the missed finalization was likely due to an expected lack of participation and older network validators.

Blocks. (Desmond Marshall/ Unsplash)

Tech

Socket, Bungee Restart Operations After Apparent $3.3M Exploit

The platform experienced a security incident late Tuesday that affected wallets with infinite approvals to Socket contracts, developers said.

Computer Hacking Hackers (Shutterstock)

Markets

TUSD Loses $1 Peg Amid Binance's FDUSD Focus: Analyst

Binance introduced zero-fee FDUSD trading in December, giving users an incentive to sell.

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)