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

'Deniers Are Crypto's Flat Earthers' as Markets Flash 83% Odds of Bitcoin ETF Approval

The popular Polymarket market bet “Bitcoin ETF approved by Jan 15?” has attracted almost $1 million in volume from hundreds of users.

Speculators are overwhelmingly betting on bitcoin ETF approval by Jan. 15. (Pixabay)

Markets

Arbitrum Token Sets Record High as Value Locked Crosses $2.5B

Transaction volumes on the network overtook those for Solana-based applications, which boomed after a meme coin-led frenzy in December.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Sei Network Emerges as Latest Crypto Favorite; Meme Coin SEIYAN Leads Bets

Meme coin SEIYAN – apparently a cult term for holders of the SEI token – has gained 400% in the past week, serving as a proxy for the growth of the broader Sei ecosystem.

SEI token holders are popularly called "Seiyans" in crypto circles. (Sei Network)

Markets

Wild Trading Session Sees Tellor’s TRB Token Slide From $720 to $180 in Hours

Futures tracking the lesser-known token saw $68 million evaporate in leveraged bets in a 24-hour period.

(Chris De Tempe/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Spot ETF Anticipation Boosts BTC Price to Nearly $46K in Strong Start to 2024

Speculation has been growing that regulatory approval for a U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETF is coming this week.

rocket lifting off

Finance

Privacy Tokens DASH, ZCH, XMR Take Hit as OKX Says It Will Suspend Trading

More than 20 trading pairs will be delisted next week as they no longer meet the crypto exchange's listing criteria.

(Nghia Do Thanh/Unsplash)

Markets

Avalanche Foundation to Purchase Meme Coins as Part of Culture Drive

“These coins, often inspired by internet culture and humor, go beyond mere utility assets,” the foundation said.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

PancakeSwap Proposes to Reduce CAKE Token Supply by 300 Million

More than 99.95% of the community, representing 70,000 votes from CAKE holders, favored the proposal shortly after it went live.

pile of pancakes on a plate.

Markets

Crypto Wallet Linked to Donald Trump Sent $2.4M in Ether to Coinbase

A wallet flagged as owned by Trump sent ETH to Coinbase in the past three weeks, where it was presumably sold.

Donald Trump Trading Card NFTs (OpenSea)

Tech

Crypto Users Lost $2B to Hacks, Scams and Exploits in 2023, De.Fi Says

The figure is roughly half the estimated $4.2 billion of 2022, a year that also included $40 billion lost through the collapse of Terra, Celsius and FTX.

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