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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Tech

Sam Altman to Return as OpenAI CEO Following In-Principle Agreement

"I’m looking forward to returning to OpenAI, and building on our strong partnership with msft (Microsoft)," Altman said in a post early Wednesday.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Markets

Over $200M in Crypto Futures Bets Liquidated as Bitcoin Slumped Under $36K on Binance Settlement

The overnight price volatility in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies washed out a notable chunk of leverage from the market, with bitcoin alone seeing more than $65 million worth of liquidations in futures markets.

A user tracks charts on an tablet with a keyboard and larger monitor in the background.

Finance

AVAX Ecosystem to Get $10M Boost from Avalanche Accelerator Colony Lab

Colony Lab will set up a network validator and invest in an index that tracks prominent Avalanche projects.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Faces Headwinds as ETF Optimism Stalls; DOGE, SOL Give Back Gains

Ether (ETH) lost 0.5%, while dogecoin (DOGE) and solana (SOL) slumped as much as 5% as traders likely took profits.

BBitcoin faces headwinds (Pixabay)

Tech

New Ethereum Layer 2 Blast Attracts $30M Hours After Bridge Goes Live

Blast boasts prominent investors Paradigm and "eGirl Capital" members among others, but there’s no way to withdraw funds until February.

(CHUTTERSNAP/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Surpasses $37K on Argentina Presidential Election Result as Analysts Focus on Fed Notes

Crypto markets added some 2% in the past 24 hours, with the artificial intelligence-focused token sector driving the most gains for weekend traders.

Bitcoin broke the $37,000 level this morning. (CoinDesk)

Markets

AI Tokens Jump on Irrational Euphoria as Musk’s X Corp Reveals xAI Shareholding

Developments in key artificial intelligence (AI) companies sometimes drive gains in AI-focused tokens as traders bet on the long-term growth of such tokens.

(Andriy Onufriyenko/GettyImages)

Markets

Dogecoin Futures Open Interest Jumps to 7B DOGE, Indicating Risky Bets

Trading interest in DOGE bets rose more than 40% in the past 24 hours to reach the highest level since April.

(Dogecoin)

Markets

Recent Altcoin Rally Powered by South Korean Traders, CryptoQuant Says

Notable booms include Loom Network’s LOOM, whose price surged approximately ten times over two months, and HIFI, whose prices spiked by 6,600% in September alone.

South Korea flag (Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Finance

A Physical Dogecoin Could Reach the Moon in December

Dogecoin community plans to send a physical token to the moon in a December mission by space payload transporter Astrobotic.

DOGE rally is news-driven and doesn't represent speculative frenzy. (Thorsten/Pixabay)