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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Markets

Bitcoin Could Move $5K After White House Crypto Summit; ETH and SOL Volatility Likely: STS Digital

Options pricing on Deribit suggests BTC could swing by nearly $5K following the crypto summit, according to analysis by STS Digital

Trump's crypto summit promises a volatile weekend. (dimitrisvetsikas1969/Pixabay)

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China, Germany Fire Fiscal Rockets as U.S. Looks to Cut Spending. What Does it Mean for Bitcoin?

China and Germany's shift in fiscal policy might calm crypto market nerves.

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Bitcoin Could Swing Back to $95K Amid Signs of BTC Bear Exhaustion

Signs of seller exhaustion at the 200-day SMA suggests scope for a price bounce.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Registers Highest Trading Volume in 3 Months

The ETF saw over $1 billion in outflows last week alongside a surge in trading volumes.

ECB is likely to cut rates Thursday. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

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Metaplanet Buys 497 BTC in Another Bargain-Hunting Bitcoin Acquisition

This brings its total BTC holdings to 2,888 BTC.

japan (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Polymarket Traders Bet on Canadian Tariff Cuts After Lutnick Hints at Negotiations

Howard Lutnick told Fox Business that President Donald Trump is willing to 'meet in the middle' on tariffs, but not eliminate them entirely – yet.

Howard Lutnick (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

XRP Hitting $5 Gets Millions in Bets But There Is a Catch

Most of these are covered calls, Deribit's Asia business development head said.

XRP options: Distribution of open interest. (Deribit)

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Trump's Mention of XRP, ADA and SOL May Be Bait to Secure BTC, ETH Reserve

Trump seems to have taken a page out of his real estate negotiations in pitching XRP, ADA and SOL as candidates for crypto reserve to win over approval for bitcoin.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)