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

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

Markets

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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Markets

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)

Tech

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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Markets

"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)

Policy

South African lawmakers propose draft rules on cross-border crypto transactions

A draft rulebook proposes that sending crypto offshore must be conducted through an authorized provider and be reported to the central bank’s FinSurv.

Pretoria, South Africa (Kyle-Philip Coulson/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin rises toward $64,000 as Coldcard exploit, Strategy sales recede. ADA advances

Bitcoin advanced as the market settled down following the weekend’s hack of Coldcard wallets and sales by Strategy even as sentiment remained in “extreme fear.”

Chart of bitcoin price over the past 24 hours

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin stuck in tight range as risk assets soar on Iran deal hopes

Japan may have spent as much as $36.6 billion buying yen in the first joint US-Japan action to support the currency since 1998. Bitget Wallet’s Alvin Kan says it can slow a disorderly slide without reversing the broader trend.

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Markets

Why Jim Cramer’s quantum panic isn’t rattling bitcoin as price holds steady around $64,000

Jim Cramer says he's dumping his bitcoin over quantum computing fears, but his track record of crypto and bank calls has buoyed the crypto community.

Jim Cramer (Getty Images)

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