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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Tether hires KPMG for USDT audit, brings in PwC as it gears up for U.S. expansion

FT identifies KPMG as auditor as stablecoin giant eyes fundraising and expansion under new U.S. rules

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

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Crypto slides as oil spike, macro jitters trigger derivatives unwind

Bitcoin dropped below $70,000 and ether fell toward $2,000 as rising oil prices, falling equities and weak liquidity sparked risk-off flows and pressured altcoins.

Bear. (Photo by Sean Benesh on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin has traded in a tight range for nearly 50 days – but this is not a "bear flag"

Extended range-bound price action signals structural consolidation rather than a textbook bearish continuation, despite rising downside risks.

Matador waving flag to a bull. (Sternschnuppenreiter/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin DAT trade is concentrating in Michael Saylor’s Strategy as treasury demand fades elsewhere

Strategy accounted for nearly all recent BTC digital-asset treasury purchases, with other firms’ share dropping from 95% to about 2%, CryptoQuant data show.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

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Some bitcoin indicators are still going the wrong way, challenging the bullish $70,000 holdout story

Key indicators such as ETF inflows cloud the bullish $70,000 holdout story

Some bitcoin indicators are headed the wrong. (Mark Stuckey/Unsplash)

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Bhutan moves another 500 bitcoin to exchanges as 2026 outflows top $150 million

The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 519.707 BTC on Wednesday, the latest in a series of increasingly large moves that have taken its holdings from a peak of roughly 13,000 BTC to 4,453.

Buddha point, Thimphu, Bhutan (Passang Tobgay/Unsplash)

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STS Digital unveils structured crypto platform with Kraken as distribution partner

The platform, which covers 400 tokens, is aimed at banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals and comes as digital assets face growing institutional demand.

Trading desk. (TyliJura/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin nears $72,000 as rising open interest signals growing leverage in choppy market

BTC rises with equities while surging open interest and fading volatility point to leveraged positioning despite repeated rejections near $72,000.

Bitcoin price chart (TradingView)

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