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.

Omkar Godbole

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Tech

Monero Releases Privacy Boost Against Sneaky Network Nodes

Monero has released the 'Fluorine Fermi' update to enhance user privacy against spy nodes.

A notable portion of Bybit's hacked funds remain dark. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

XRP, DOGE, SOL See Friday Pullback as $2.7B Flow to Bitcoin ETFs This Week

BTC traders continue to lean bullish despite the price pullback. Privacy coins shine.

A hand rests on two tickets: one saying 'buy,' the other 'sell.' (Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Slips to $121.5K as Dollar Strengthens; Binance Unveils ‘Meme Rush’

A firmer U.S. dollar and fading risk appetite weighed on bitcoin Thursday, while Binance’s new Meme Rush platform targets surging Chinese-language memecoin speculation.

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Markets

Crypto Investors Are Now Using Wall Street's Age Old Strategy to Invest, Bitwise CEO Says

Institutional investors have now shifted to more sophisticated and reliable analysis methods for selecting crypto investments as the digital asset market matures, according to Bitwise's Hunter Horsley.

Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise (YouTube/CoinDesk screenshot)

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Markets

Ripple Expands Into Bahrain in Boost for RLUSD

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is central to its strategy of connecting tokenized assets with traditional payment systems.

Manama, capital of Bahrain (Charles Adrien Fournier/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips Below Key Support as Dollar Strengthens Ahead of Powell Speech

The crypto market retreats after a week of strong ETF inflows, with traders eyeing Powell’s remarks for clues on Fed policy amid data gaps from the government shutdown.

BTCUSD (TradingView)

Finance

SoftBank’s PayPay Buys 40% Stake in Binance Japan to Fuse Crypto With Cashless Payments

The partnership will allow PayPay's 70 million users to buy, sell, and store digital assets, starting with the integration of PayPay Money into Binance Japan.

A pair of hands resting on a keyboard with an iPad showing graphs and price quotes. (Kanchanara/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Ex-Revolut Team Offers Leveraged Bitcoin Strategy to Build Retail Crypto Wealth

Neverless lets everyday investors use automated recurring buys with up to 5x leverage to grow bitcoin holdings

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Finance

Crypto-Focused AMINA Bank of Switzerland Offers Regulated Staking of Polygon Token

The bank claims to be the first to offer regulated staking for Polygon’s native token (POL), with rewards of up to 15%.

Lucerne, Switzerland

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