Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk's Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desks for Mumbai-based brokerages and FXStreet. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.

Omkar holds a Master's degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.

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Bitcoin gives back Monday's gain as Clarity Act odds fade on Polymarket

Bitcoin fell 1.7% since midnight UTC to $76,862, unwinding a late Monday rally as Polymarket odds on the Clarity Act becoming law this year halved overnight.

Bitcoin tracks Clarity Act odds (Polymarket, TradingView)

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Live updates: Clarity Act fails in Senate, sending crypto lower

The failure essentially ends market structure legislative work in the Senate for 2026 and is a major blow to the crypto industry, which has invested years and hundreds of millions of dollars trying to support its interests.

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XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade

Batch V1.1 would let users bundle up to eight linked transactions into one operation, with 27 of 35 trusted validators now backing the change.

A man seated on a sofa works on a laptop under a Ripple Labs sign. (Ripple Labs)

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U.S. DOJ seeks $61 million in what it calls Iran's crypto-laundered black market oil sales

Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint against what they call Iran's illegal crypto proceeds that are used to fund its military.

Department of Justice (David Trinks/Unsplash)

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Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, narrowing the gap with Ethereum

Transaction V1 raises Solana’s limit to 4,096 bytes from 1,232, giving developers more room for multi-step trades, company-wallet approvals and privacy proofs.

Tokenized representations of Solana. (GuerrillaBuzz/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin slips to $77,800 as Senate Clarity Act vote nears and oil prices climb

Bitcoin pulls back from $79,000 as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act and oil prices rise.

BTC's price pullback. (CoinDesk)

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India's richest state is exploring tokenizing its own assets to fund new infrastructure

Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state's assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure.

Maharashtra is looking to tokenize its own assets, Pardeshi says. (RealX event, Mumbai, CoinDesk)

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Treasury yields continue to rise even as Bessent doubles down on bond buybacks

Long-term yields moved higher despite a $6 billion Treasury buyback, as debt concerns and rising oil prices continue to pressure global bond markets.

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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