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

SGX's bitcoin and ether perpetual futures are now open to U.S. institutions

The Singapore Exchange says U.S. institutions can now trade its bitcoin and ether perpetual futures, a milestone that bridges U.S. trading desks with Asian liquidity.

The letters SGX, the exchanges logo, standing on a wall.

Markets

Crypto wins regardless of Clarity Act vote, Coinbase's Armstrong says

Coinbase CEO tells CNBC the crypto industry gets regulatory clarity whether or not the Senate passes the bill on Sept. 15.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin and Ethereum race quantum clock as U.S. backs $300 million hardware push

The threat is not here yet, but fault-tolerant machines and crypto’s migration plans are starting to converge on the same 2029 window.

A physical representation of Bitcoin placed on a clock. (Shutterstock)


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Markets

Bitcoin climbs as oil tops $100, equities drop after Iran strikes

Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities.

Chart plotting percentage change in a number of crypto and traditional assets. (TradingView data)

Policy

India’s financial intelligence unit flags 15 crypto platforms for AML lapses

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin slips as yields head higher following Treasury buyback announcement

The Japanese yen extended its rally against the greenback, briefly strengthening past 153 per dollar.

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Markets

AI could kill us, Anthropic researcher says after resigning

The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, Coxon said on X, explaining his resignation.

Anthropic researcher warns of AI dominance by the end of the decade. (Tara Winstead /Pexels)

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Tech

Moonshot’s Kimi rattled markets. U.S. agencies now say it was trained on American models

Moonshot, whose Kimi model rattled markets earlier this year, is among six Chinese AI firms accused of systematically extracting capabilities from U.S. models.

Moonshot AI on a phone screen. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Ethereum makes quantum resistance a top priority with a 2029 deadline

The Foundation wants the network protected before a quantum computer capable of breaking today's cryptography could plausibly arrive, and says upcoming upgrades will be judged against that clock.

A screen of computer code. AI systems are increasingly finding flaws and loopholes in human-written code, with quantum attack remaining a big concern among bitcoin and crypto developers. (Chris Ried/Unsplash)

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