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 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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There's a huge $14 billion bitcoin options expiry this Friday and it points to $75,000 as price magnet

Bitcoin options worth billions of dollars will expire on Deribit this Friday at 8:00 UTC.

Bitcoin hero image

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Crypto giant debuts oil trading, but it's a different model to Hyperliquid's perps

Leading crypto market maker Wintermute debuts WTI crude oil CFDs – an OTC derivative that lets traders speculate on oil prices 24/7.

BTC and ETH ETFs bleed money. (stevepb/Pixabay)

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Retail traders fare worse on prediction markets than sportsbooks

A new report from Citizens JMP says median losses are deeper on prediction platforms as retail traders face sharper, better-capitalized counterparties

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