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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XRP and SOL Futures Open Interest on CME Hits Record High

Record XRP and Solana futures activity pushed open interest on the derivatives giant’s platform to roughly $3 billion, signaling renewed retail and institutional appetite for altcoin exposure.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Recent Bitcoin Crash Has Put $1B in sUSDe Loop Trades at Risk, Research Firm Says

looped positions that rely on borrowing stables to buy sUSDe are at risk, Sentora Research said.

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Bitcoin's Offshoot, BCH, Edges Up 1% to Challenge Downtrend

Minor gains accompanied by elevated volume suggest underlying accumulation despite muted price action.

Bitcoin Cash Gains 1.16% to $564 with 46% Volume Surge Signaling Accumulation Ahead of $570 Resistance

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How a Bot Glitch Sent Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token Soaring to $98

The near-$100 spike on rival DEX Lighter wasn’t whale activity but an automated trading error that exposed the challenges of maintaining transparency and usability on decentralized exchanges.

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Preliminary Consensus on U.S.-China Trade Deal May Unlock Bitcoin Upside, Exchange Says

Flows have largely leaned bearish since the Oct. 10 crash.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Mt. Gox Delays Creditor Repayment to October 2026

Mt. Gox has extended the creditor repayment deadline by a year.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Alibaba Affiliate Ant Group Files ‘AntCoin’ Trademark in Hong Kong, Hinting at Crypto Ambitions

While the filing doesn’t confirm a token launch, it shows Ant Group laying legal groundwork to merge its Alipay ecosystem with regulated Web3 and stablecoin infrastructure.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

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Restoring Privacy to ZEC on Solana via Encifher

ZEC's price has surged by 380% this month.

Privacy (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

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Japan's New Yen Stablecoin is Asia’s Only Truly Global Fiat-Pegged Token

With the yen freely convertible and backed by Japan’s deep government bond market, JPYC’s launch stands apart from the region’s onshore-only experiments in Korea, Taiwan, and beyond.

japan, flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)