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 $12B Quarterly Options Expiry Unlikely to Cause Major Market Reaction, Deribit Says

Key indicators such as BTC's implied volatility index and funding rates point to subdued volatility expectations.

Deribit: BTC's quarterly options expiry. (Deribit Metrics)

Markets

XRP's Bull Run May Be Finished. $3 Is the Level for Bulls to Beat: Technical Analysis

XRP's price struggles to build momentum on the SEC news, with key indicators warning of a bearish shift in trend.

XRP's momentum indicators have taken a turn for the worse. (Aperture/Pixabay)

Markets

Nillion's NIL Dips 12% After Debut; Analyst Believes Network's 'Blind Computing' Holds Promise for Data Privacy, AI

The NIL token is the governance cryptocurrency of Nillion, used to pay network fees for blind computation and payments, and is designed to drive demand as usage scales.

Nillion's NIL token down 12% in market value since its debut on Monday . (Coingecko)

Markets

Defunct Exchange Mt. Gox Moves $1B in Bitcoin to Two Wallets

This is the third significant on-chain movement of funds by the exchange in four weeks.

Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk screenshot from conference livestream)

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Markets

Binance Wallet Suspends Staff Member Over Front-Running Allegations

Binance did not name the token involved in the allegations, and confirmed that no insider trading took place.

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Policy

Coinbase CLO Critiques U.S. Treasury's Claim That Court Ruling on Tornado Cash Is Moot

Grewal warns that without a final court judgment, there's no assurance that Tornado Cash won't be re-sanctioned in the future.

Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Open Future Bets on Binance Increase by $600M, Suggest More Price Volatility

An increase in open interest alongside a rise in price is said to confirm the uptrend.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Supply on Centralized Exchanges Hits 9-Year Low

The number of ether held in wallets tied to centralized exchanges has dropped to the lowest since November 2015.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Metaplanet Adds 150 Bitcoin to Tally, Days After Eric Trump's Adviser Appointment

The company has hit a BTC yield of 68% so far in 2025.

Eric Trump