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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Bitcoin developers flag 85 critical bugs in an "extremely bad" situation

A volunteer group running AI models against bitcoin codebases says it is averaging roughly one critical bug per hour per person, at about $10,000 a day in compute.

A bug walking across a keyboard. Developers are increasingly discovering software bugs using AI. (Unsplash)

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S&P 500 added all of crypto's $2 trillion market cap in a month while bitcoin barely moved. Here's why

The S&P 500 just added roughly the entire crypto market's value this month. Bitcoin has barely moved, and the reasons go beyond the obvious.

Bitcoin vs S&P 500. (TradingView)

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CASHCAT jumps 120% in a week as Robinhood Chain hits $774 million of value locked

The memecoin that defined the chain's debut has recovered to an $86 million cap. Tokenized assets, the chain's stated purpose, sit at $27.6 million.

Before becoming Robinhood, the company's founders used "Cash Cat" as the project's internal name and mascot. (Cash Cat)

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The $120 million Coldcard hack lights up Bitcoin's memory pool

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 5, 2026

Chart showing the number of transactions waiting in Bitcoin's mempool.

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Circle shares fall 3% despite earnings beat as stablecoin issuer misses on revenue

Shares initially jumped 10% but later fell 3% in pre-market trading as the stablecoin issuer revealed institutional adoption for its layer 1 blockchain Arc but missed on revenue.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Bitcoin, broader market fail to keep pace as global equities hit record highs

Derivatives data show subdued activity in bitcoin and ether but aggressive positioning in select altcoins.

Chart of bitcoin price over 24 hours

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Live updates: An AI credit bubble could set up bitcoin’s path to $1 million, says Arthur Hayes

Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes says overleveraged AI data-center spending will eventually crack, forcing government bailouts and money printing that become the next major bitcoin catalyst.

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The worst chart for bitcoin bulls right now

For 14 years, one ratio moved only in bitcoin's favor. Now it has decisively turned the other way and bulls may not like what it means.

The S&P 500-to-bitcoin ratio. (TradingView)

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New Ethereum proposal would cut issuance to zero if staked ETH reaches $112 billion

The EIP-8361 draft proposal calls for burning a rising share of validator rewards as the staking ratio climbs.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens. (Ethereum)

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"You stole, please return some." Coldcard hacker's wallet becomes a graffiti wall of pleas and hustles

A wallet holding $36 million in stolen bitcoin has become an unlikely public message board, as hack victims and opportunists pay to leave permanent notes for the thief.

Digital graffiti. (Eynoxart/Pixabay)

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