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's slide to $66,000 is accelerating a shift into digital dollars

The crypto market is seeing a capital flight into dollar-linked stablecoins even as stocks and the Dollar Index remain calm.

(CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin drops toward $69,000 as Saylor sale spooks investors while AI tokens buck the trend

The price of bitcoin fell to its lowest since April 7 as Strategy's sale dented sentiment, while AI tokens H and NEAR surged and DeFi TVL hit a 20-month low.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Coinbase makes a major play for India’s booming $3 billion crypto market with local currency launch

Coinbase announces INR rails to make the platform fully accessible to Indian retail traders.

John O'Loghlen, Coinbase’s Head of APAC. (Coinbase)

Markets

Diverging trends: Ether slides below $2,000 while futures open interest hits record high of 16 million ETH

Ether drops below $2,000 amid heavy selling pressure, yet futures open interest hits a record high. This divergences suggests aggressive shorting.

Ether's price drops below $2,000. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin could be heading much lower, fund manager warns as $150 billion Treasury operation nears

Fund manager Michael Kramer says a $150 billion liquidity drain from upcoming U.S. Treasury operations could push bitcoin sharply lower.

U.S. Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin gauge tracking selling pressure moves into 'high-risk' zone as ETF demand slumps

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have accumulated a net 4,500 BTC since the start of 2026, with May reversing the buying pattern that built through March and April, per Swissblock data.

ETFs (Markus Winkler/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin clings to $75,000 support as bear market signals resurface

Bitcoin hovered below Tom Lee's $76,000 bull-market threshold while hyperliquid and monero bucked broader crypto weakness.

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Whale alert: Someone dumped $1.29 billion of BlackRock's bitcoin ETF in a dark pool trade

The big sale happened amid a broader continued exodus from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs.

Whale diving (foco44/Pixabay)

Policy

Crypto PACs spend $9 million in Texas and score wins in both parties

Industry-backed PACs supported Democratic and Republican candidates alike, underscoring digital assets’ growing role as a cross-party electoral force.

Texas's State Capital famous dome. (Clark Van Der Beken/Unsplash)

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