Shaurya Malwa

Analyst CryptoSlate

Post-mining his first bitcoin in 2012, there was no looking back for Shaurya Malwa. An economics graduate from the University of Wolverhampton, he breathes financial markets and decentralized ideologies. When not writing, Shaurya works on his culinary skills, trades the big three cryptocurrencies, and surfs airplane blogs.

Author Stats

Total Articles 1,327

Since Jul 2018

Last Active Dec 3, 2021

Primary Beat Adoption

Expertise

Adoption Bitcoin Technology Ethereum

Nervos enters DeFi arena with ‘Yokaiswap,’ $70 million locked up on first day

3 min read Dec 3, 2021

Shaurya Malwa Recent Articles

Trading

Crypto OTC desks report “record” institutional selling after Bitcoin crossed $9,000

Ahead of Bitcoin’s upcoming halving on May 12, the cryptocurrency market is seeing a resurgence of sorts as most digital assets returned over 50…

2 min read May 2, 2020

Analysis

Ripple reveals only $1.75 million in OTC institutional sales but massive XRP trade volumes in 2020

Ripple Lab’s Q1 Markets Report for 2020, a quarterly publication detailing XRP’s growth, revealed a massive 90 percent drop in institutional token sales compared…

3 min read May 2, 2020

DeFi

DeFi posterchild MakerDAO reflects on $4 Million “Black Thursday” ETH losses

One month after the now-infamous $4 million liquidations, MakerDAO finally released the “Black Thursday” analysis report yesterday to mixed responses. The firm is considering…

3 min read May 1, 2020

Exchanges

After Bitcoin’s near 50 percent drop in March, exchanges lost institutional volume and reveal over 100,000 BTC withdrawals

Cryptocurrency exchanges and retail traders alike felt the effects of Bitcoin’s sudden fall in March 2020. While the latter may have lost significant capital…

3 min read Apr 30, 2020

Partnerships

Wanchain-backed FinNexus expands to XRP Ledger for tokenizing real-world assets

DeFi platform FinNexus and crypto exchange Bitrue announced on April 27 their joint initiative to incorporate asset tokenization services on Ripple’s XRP ledger platform…

2 min read Apr 29, 2020

Merge

Parity Developer confirms Ethereum 2.0 “Schlesi” multiclient testnet is live

Afri Schoeden, one of the lead developers at Parity Technologies, confirmed via Twitter on April 27 the important “Schlesi” multiclient testnet for Ethereum is…

2 min read Apr 29, 2020

BTC Halving

Ahead of halving, volatility metric shows Bitcoin is near recent “sell-off” levels

Bitcoin’s recent price rise is attributed to the much-awaited halving event on May 12, but one metric suggests a sell-off is due if past…

3 min read Apr 28, 2020

Merge

This multibillion dollar crypto fund purchased over $140 million worth of Ethereum in 2020

Grayscale Investments, the investment arm of Digital Currency Group, has picked up a majority of all ether mined in 2020. The metric indicates massive…

3 min read Apr 27, 2020

Exchanges

As Bakkt’s second CEO exits firm, questions rise about the hyped Bitcoin “catalyst”

Bakkt, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) crypto subsidiary, suffered its second high-profile executive exit last week after CEO Mike Blandina stepped down. While the rumored…

3 min read Apr 26, 2020

Mining

After Bitmain and Canaan, Bitcoin miner Ebang is latest to plan $100 million IPO

China-based Ebang Holdings has filed a $100 million IPO prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), becoming the third Bitcoin mining equipment…