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 steadies above $71,000 as oil falls below $100 after U.S. drafts 15‑point Iran peace plan

Brent crude fell 4.7% and Asian equities rallied 1.9% as Washington delivered a ceasefire proposal to Tehran via Pakistan, fueling the most sustained optimism since the conflict began a month ago.

Oil tanker at sea. (Gerhard Traschütz/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin may have already bottomed out near $60,000. Here’s why.

Implied volatility indicators DVOL and BVIV suggest peak fear has passed, with crypto leading traditional markets in pricing risk.

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Finance

Invesco joins tokenization race as it takes over Superstate’s $900 million onchain fund

The $2.2 trillion asset manager is stepping into the rapidly-growing tokenized Treasury market, joining global financial behemoths like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.

Entrance to the Invesco QQQ lounge

Finance

Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut sees profit soar 57% to $2.3 billion in 2025

The company's customer base grew to 68.3 million, with total balances up 66% to $67.5 billion and transaction volume reaching $1.7 trillion.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin leads crypto rebound to $71,000 as $550 million in shorts liquidated

BTC climbs despite escalating Middle East tensions, outperforming gold as altcoins rally and derivatives data signals cautious but improving market sentiment.

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Markets

Here’s how Treasuries could shape Trump’s Iran war and bitcoin moves

Treasury yields and swap spreads could eventually pressure the Trump administration to moderate the conflict, analysts argue.

Bonds, Treasury Bond. (Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock)

Tech

Bitcoin's mining concentration just showed up in a rare 2-block reorg

A 2-block reorg at height 941,881 saw Foundry's chain overwrite blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC, coming days after mining difficulty dropped nearly 8%.

Racks of mining machines.

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Markets

Bitcoin surges above $71,000 as Trump postpones Iran strikes for 5 days

Trump said that the two countries held "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East."

U.S. President Donald Trump  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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