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

Memecoins Under Fire as BTC Lullfest Below $100K Revives Memories of 2018

Attendees at Consensus saw memecoins as net negative for the broader crypto market. Some expected the SEC to approve ETFs tied to top altcoins.

BTC, Nasdaq may stabilize as JPY bull positioning looks overstretched. (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Solana Whales Increase Engagement in Bearish Options Plays on Deribit Amid SOL Meltdown and Impending Unlock

SOL put options accounted for most of the block trades that crossed the tape on Deribit last week.

The Q1 ended with a notable bearish BTC block options bet. (jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Supply Squeeze? Bybit Hacker Emerges as World's 14th-Largest ETH Holder

Ether trades 2% higher as the hacked ETH is seen as a permanently lost supply.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Markets

Crypto Exchanges Start to Fill Bybit's $1.4B Hole as Hackers Move Stolen Funds

"At Bitget we strongly believe in supporting the community and everyone contributing towards the growth of crypto," company CEO Gracy Chen told CoinDesk.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Arthur Hayes Floats the Idea of Rolling Back Ethereum Network to Negate $1.4B Bybit Hack, Drawing Community Ire

"I would support it because we already voted no on immutability in 2016," Hayes said on X, while Ethereum community strongly criticized it.

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit Still in Talks to Be Acquired by Kraken: Source

A second source said U.S.-listed exchange Coinbase has also been kicking the tires of Deribit.

Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers (Extreme right) at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Markets

LIBRA Memecoin Fiasco Destroyed $251M in Investor Wealth, Research Shows

On-chain data tracked by Nansen shows 86% of traders lost money, a total of $251 million.

Rendering of a tunnel with walls of zeros and ones disappearing into the distance.

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Markets

Crypto Has Moved Past FTX, Still Needs 24/7 Risk Management, Brevan Howard Digital CIO Says

Panelists discussed challenges and opportunities in crypto, including managing counterparty, credit and market risks 24/7.

Risk management dominos (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

TDX Strategies Announces Structured Products Linked to CoinDesk 20 Index

TDX’s structured offering tied to the CD 20 index will help investors balance risk and growth.

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