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

Binance Will Convert $1B Worth of BUSD Stablecoin to Bitcoin, Ether, BNB and Other Tokens

Binance tapped into its Industry Recovery Initiative funds to cover the move.

Mar 13, 2023

Markets

USDC Trading Dominates Record Day for DeFi Exchanges Uniswap, Curve

Decentralized exchanges worked exactly as intended as traders rushed to exchange USDC for wrapped ether and other tokens.

Mar 13, 2023

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Retrace Weekend Losses as Bears See $183M in Short Liquidations

Markets jumped amid respite from the U.S. government and USD coin issuer Circle.

Mar 13, 2023

Shorts saw over $183 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours. (Coinglass)

Markets

Bitcoin Regains $20K After $200M in Crypto Liquidations; Some Traders Brush Off USDC Fears

Some traders are signaling strength for USD coin, citing its treasury backing in U.S.-issued bonds.

Mar 11, 2023

Markets

Traders Bet on USD Coin Rebound as USDC Falls to 90 Cents

Some $4 million in USDC futures were liquidated in the past 24 hours, Coinglass data shows.

Mar 11, 2023

Tech

Arthur Hayes Proposes Bitcoin-Backed Stablecoin Called NakaDollar

The currency would rely on exchanges to maintain a peg to $1, the BitMEX co-founder said.

Mar 9, 2023

Arthur Hayes sentenciado a dos años de libertad condicional. (BitMEX)

Markets

Kwenta DEX Lures Traders to Capture Bitcoin, Ether Returns Regardless of Direction

Kwenta, which uses Synthetix’s infrastructure for its perpetual product, has seen trading volumes surge in the past few weeks.

Mar 9, 2023

Markets

Polygon, Solana Tokens Lead Majors Slide Amid Bitcoin Weakness

Bitcoin dumped Thursday on the back of multiple catalysts that contributed to selling pressure.

Mar 9, 2023

Las monedas alternativas cayeron tras la debilidad de bitcoin. (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hits 3-Week Low, Lingers Near $21.7K Amid Ongoing Inflation Concerns

ALSO: Shaurya Malwa writes about Conic Finance, whose new tool for capturing high yields from stablecoin swapping service Curve has attracted over $60 million from depositors since its unveiling March 1. But at least one analyst questions whether it can deliver on its promise.

Mar 9, 2023

Tech

Shiba Inu Layer 2 Blockchain Shibarium to Release Beta Version This Week

Ecosystem tokens jumped following confirmation from Shibarium developers.

Mar 8, 2023