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

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)

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)

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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

Markets

Trump Family-Linked World Liberty Snaps Up 3.54M MNT Tokens After Mantle's Hard Fork

Mantle Network integrated EigenDA last week to enhance scalability and ensure better compatibility with Ethereum's impending Pectra upgrade.

WLFI acquires MNT tokens. (CoinDesk)

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Markets

TRUMP Token Pops 12% After U.S. President Calls It 'The Greatest of Them All'

Donald Trump's Truth Social post sends the presidential meme coin flying.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, XRP and SOL Rise With U.S. Equity Futures as Trump Plans Targeted Action for Tariffs 'Liberation Day'

SOL leads BTC and XRP higher as SPX futures cheer reports that expected Trump tariffs on April 2 could be narrower in scope that initially expected.

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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