Shaurya Malwa

Deputy Manager 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

Markets

Ethereum Fees Spike as Meme Coin Frenzy Returns; PEPE, HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu, SPX6900 Pop 40%

The rising gas fees suggest increased network usage.

Oct 24, 2023

Ether gas fees have come down to a six-month low.

Tech

Friend.Tech User Dumps Keys Worth $1.5M, Switches to Bitcoin dApp

Newer opportunities have stalled Friend.Tech’s initial growth wave, and applications such as New Bitcoin City are quickly emerging as one of the biggest bets.

Oct 24, 2023

(Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bears Lose $178M as Prices Break Past $34K

Traders on crypto exchanges Binance, Huobi and OKX were hit for $50 million each, suggesting a large amount of leverage used on those platforms.

Oct 24, 2023

Markets

Michael Saylor's $4.7B Bitcoin Bet Back in the Green

MicroStrategy, the software company led by Saylor, began buying the crypto more than three years ago and at last check held more than 158,000 bitcoins.

Oct 23, 2023

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

‘First Uniswap Token’ HayCoin Price Jumps to $3M Per Token

Uniswap creator Hayden Adams burned his token holdings over the weekend, effectively destroying 99.99% of the outstanding supply.

Oct 23, 2023

Markets

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Switches Orb Rewards Plan to Boost WLD Supply

Users will receive WLD tokens, instead of USDC, starting Tuesday, as per a new developer document.

Oct 23, 2023

The Worldcoin Orb scans a QR code to kick off the iris scan in Paris. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Crosses $1.6K, Bitcoin SV Leads Altcoin Gains With 30% Bump

Overall market capitalization rose 5% in the past 24 hours.

Oct 20, 2023

Bitcoin jumped over $58,000 on Thursday amid a rally in U.S. tech stocks. (Denny Luan/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps Over $30K as ETF Hope Drives Bulls

Bitcoin forks led alternative token gains in the past 24 hours, outpacing major tokens.

Oct 20, 2023

Policy

Gemini, Genesis, DCG Sued by New York AG for Allegedly Defrauding Investors of $1B

The lawsuit alleges Gemini knew Genesis’ loans were undersecured and, at one point, highly concentrated with Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research but did not reveal this information to investors.

Oct 19, 2023

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Policy

FTX Used Billions in Customer Funds to Buy Back Binance Stake

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a 2022 post the company had received over $2.1 billion in binance usd (BUSD) stablecoins and FTX’s FTT tokens.

Oct 19, 2023