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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Policy

Polymarket aims for prediction market approval in Japan by 2030

Mike Eidlin, head of Japan at cryptocurrency exchange Jupiter, is leading Polymarket's efforts, according to reports.

Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket (CoinDesk/Jesse Hamilton)

Markets

Bitcoin implied volatility drops to 7 month low despite macro risks

BTC's implied volatility is a picture of calm even as financial headlines warn of macro risks.

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Markets

XRP ETFs attract inflows amid wallet surge. bitcoin, ether funds struggle.

Fresh inflows into XRP-linked funds and a spike in newly created wallets suggest some traders may be rotating into the token while trimming exposure to crypto’s largest assets.

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Markets

Bitcoin trades near $77,700 as analysts eye $75,000 support after liquidation wave

Open interest held steady and funding stayed subdued during the recent liquidation wave, suggesting traders were de-risking rather than capitulating, according to HashKey Research's Tim Sun.

Bitcoin hero image

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Markets

India cracks down on prediction markets: Polymarket goes dark, Kalshi could be next

Polymarket has gone dark in India and as per local media reports, Kalshi could be next.

India's flag (Naveed Ahmed / Unsplash)

Markets

HYPE leads crypto rebound as traders position for volatility breakout

Bitcoin and ether stabilized as derivatives activity rebounded, HYPE rose for a fifth straight day and options traders positioned for a breakout.

HYPE/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

A crypto whale has made a $224,000 bet that XRP's price stays perfectly flat through June

The trader collected about $224,500 in premiums and will keep the full amount if XRP remains close to $1.40.

Casino, roulette table. (whekevi/Pixabay)

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Markets

Binance launches SpaceX pre-IPO perps amid $2 trillion valuation bets

Binance looks to democratize pre-IPO markets, starting with SpaceX perpetual futures.

Binance founder CZ at Consensus Miami (CoinDesk)

Markets

Don't call us just a WLFI treasury company, says AI Financial

The company says it is building a broader fintech, tokenization and digital infrastructure business, but its latest SEC filing shows WLFI still dominates the balance sheet.

World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago. (WLFI)

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