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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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bulls face a test unlike anything in bitcoin's 17-year history

Your day-ahead look for July 23, 2026

Bulls fighting. (Bykofoto/Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto catches its breath as bitcoin settles into a holding pattern amid July rally

BTC is rangebound between $64,000 and $66,800 after a 13% recovery from July's lows, with macro markets offering little direction and WLFI the session's surprise standout at +12%.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin slides as stocks slump on Iran war expansion, AI spending concern

Chipmaker Intel's revenue beat helped ease sentiment after a bruising session for tech stocks, with bitcoin holding near $65,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Thursday (CoinDesk)

Markets

BitMEX, the exchange that invented perps, is shutting down

BitMEX, co-founded by Arthur Hayes in 2014, redefined the global crypto market by introducing the 100x leverage perpetual swap.

BitMEX logo on screen

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Markets

South Korea's oldest crypto exchange is now part of the $1 trillion Mirae Group family

Korbit, South Korea's first cryptocurrency exchange, has joined the Mirae Asset Group family, marking the first time a traditional Korean financial group's affiliate has taken a controlling stake in a domestic crypto exchange.

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Tech

Bitcoin, Ethereum-linked protocols lose $35 million in multiple attacks hours apart

The attacks hit Verus, B² Network and other cross-chain systems, showing how compromised keys, upgrade powers and validation checks can empty protocols without breaking the underlying cryptography.

Computer coding, hacks. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Markets

XRP whales accumulate as small holders capitulate

XRP whales accumulate 2.8% more tokens over five weeks as small holders capitulate, sending the price back above $1.16.

Business, Finance. (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin wilts as oil and rates rise. Clarity Act odds tumble to 38%

Geopolitical risks, rising rates, and fresh regulatory setbacks send crypto lower as key Democrats demand stronger safeguards in the market structure bill.

BTC's price. (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Here's why bitcoin bulls should take a closer look at interest rates

Your day-ahead look for July 22, 2026

Bitcoin and Nasdaq's valuations adjusted for cost of capital. (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin retreats from one-month high as oil tops $85, inflation concerns resurface

BTC retreated from a one-month high as WTI crude topped $85 for the first time since June, reigniting inflation concerns and pushing investors toward gold, silver and the safety of bitcoin over altcoins.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

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