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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Bitcoin ETFs Secure Approval Exactly 15 Years After Hal Finney’s Iconic ‘Running Bitcoin’ Tweet

Finney, who died in August 2014, was also the first person besides Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, to download and run Bitcoin’s software.

(Hal Finney)

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Ether Jumps Over $2.4K as Traders Bet on Possible Ether ETF Next

BlackRock had previously filed an S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its iShares Ethereum Trust, a spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Institutional traders are more bullish on bitcoin than alternative cryptocurrencies. (Hans Eiskonen/Unsplash)

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Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Tweet Causes $90M in Liquidations

Those tweets caused bitcoin prices to immediately spike to $47,680 from the $46,800 level. It then fell as low as $45,400 as the tweets were found to be fake.

SEC headquarters (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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'Grayscale Discount' Sinks to Lowest in 18 Months on Bets for GBTC Conversion to Bitcoin ETF

Data shows the discount fell to as low as 5.6% on Monday, reaching a level previously seen in June 2021.

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust discount is narrowing. (YCharts)

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Jim Cramer Now Says Bitcoin Is 'Topping Out'

Cramer’s picks have the tendency to move in the opposite direction he touts.

Jim Cramer

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Bitcoin ETF Approval Expected Soon, Bears Lose $100M

Futures tracking crypto markets saw some $155 million in shorts liquidated in the past 24 hours after a sudden uptick in prices in U.S. hours.

SEC headquarters (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin ETF Approval Odds Raised to Over 90% by Bloomberg Analysts, Drop on Polymarket

Two influential analysts have tipped odds at over 90% ahead of the Securities and Exchange Commission decision.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Solana Meme Coins See 80% Price Drop After December Frenzy

The Solana ecosystem boomed in December as bonk tokens started a multiweek run of over 1,000%, grabbing listings on influential exchanges Binance and Coinbase.

The dogwifhat meme (Know your meme)

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Celsius to Unstake Thousands of Ether, Possibly Easing ETH Selling Pressure

The defunct crypto lender sent over 30,000 ETH to custodian Fireblocks in the past week, some of which was deposited on crypto exchange Coinbase.

(Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Celestia’s TIA Token Pops 22% as Staking, ‘Modular’ Narrative Gains Favor

Staking TIA on native platforms is yielding between 15% to 17%, minus fees, to users, boosting demand for the cryptocurrency.

Celestial bodies. (NASA/Unsplash)