Shaurya Malwa

Deputy Managing 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

Tech

'Copycats' Stole $88M During Nomad Exploit by Copying Attacker's Code: Coinbase

Over 88% of the addresses involved in the $190 million Nomad attack likely belonged to users copying a code that was initially used by the exploiters.

Aug 11, 2022

Elliptic says RenBridge was used to launder $540 million in illicit funds. (Charlie Green/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Fund QCP Capital Says Options Trading Is Next Institutional Growth Driver

Institutional investors are much more likely to engage in options trading than other crypto-centric niches, co-founder Darius Sit shared at an event in Seoul.

Aug 11, 2022

QCP Capital co-founder Darius Sit speaking at Korea Blockchain Week. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Soars Past $24K on Favorable CPI; Governments Focus Too Much on Crypto’s Economic Importance, Australia Academics Argue

Professors from The University of Sydney say that as governments consider different initiatives, they are overlooking crypto’s social and cultural significance.

Aug 10, 2022

Bitcoin is up more than 10% over the the past week. (jayk7/Getty Images)

Tech

Over $600K Vanishes From DeFi Project Blur Finance; Developers Disappear

The project's Twitter feed and Discord channel have been deleted.

Aug 10, 2022

Crypto miners face margin calls, defaults as debt comes due in bear market. (Andrew Khoroshavin/Pixabay)

Tech

At ETHSeoul, Ethereum Developers Turn Attention to Privacy and Users

Real-life use cases, privacy and making blockchain applications more accessible for retail users dominated the conversations at Ethereum’s developer event.

Aug 10, 2022