Shaurya Malwa

Shaurya is a Senior Ecosystems Analyst driving CoinDesk's market-leading coverage on tokens, data and insights, with a deep focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.

Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE, TOSHI, MOG and CAT.

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 under $71,000, ETH, SOL, XRP drop as Iran ceasefire frays within 48 hours of being signed

Tehran says three clauses of the ceasefire have been breached, oil is rebounding toward $97, and the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed despite the deal.

Ranked warplanes on the ground.

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Bitcoin gets its first working prototype of quantum-resistant wallet rescue tool

Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun demos a prototype that could prevent millions of wallets from being frozen under a future quantum-defense upgrade

A screen of computer code. AI systems are increasingly finding flaws and loopholes in human-written code, with quantum attack remaining a big concern among bitcoin and crypto developers. (Chris Ried/Unsplash)

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Move over bitcoin and quantum risks. Anthropic's Mythos AI could have major implications for DeFi

Claude Mythos Preview identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and browser, including in cryptography libraries that DeFi infrastructure depends on.

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XRP zooms 5% on bitcoin strength, but trend reversal still unconfirmed

Breakout backed by institutional flows and whale buying, though broader downtrend and weak ETF demand cap conviction.

(CoinDesk Data)

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Bitcoin, ether, oil shorts lead $427 million wipeout on US-Iran ceasefire

Short sellers betting on continued war escalation lost $427 million in 24 hours as bitcoin vaulted past $72,000 on the ceasefire announcement.

The swift price movements over the past two days wiped out leveraged long and short positions. (Kurt Anderson/Unsplash)

Tech

Grayscale says bitcoin's quantum problem is governance, not engineering

The asset manager's research arm argues the technical path to quantum-safe blockchains is clear but reaching consensus on protocol changes, especially what to do with Satoshi's coins, is the real obstacle.

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Crypto's $224 million inflow rebound was led by mostly one country and XRP

Switzerland accounted for 70% of global crypto ETP inflows last week with XRP products contributing more than half the total.

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Solana Foundation unveils security overhaul days after $270 million Drift exploit

The program includes 24/7 threat monitoring for protocols with more than $10 million in deposits and a dedicated incident response network of security firms.

(Solana logo)

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XRP slips to $1.31 after failed breakout as liquidity dries up

Rejection at $1.35 and collapsing depth raise risk of sharper moves as positioning builds.

(CoinDesk Data)

Tech

Bitcoin miners face a new rival for cheap power as Anthropic signs multi-gigawatt compute deal

The AI company's partnership with Google and Broadcom for next-generation TPU capacity starting in 2027 adds to a wave of demand reshaping the economics of every industry that competes for cheap electricity, including bitcoin mining.

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