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

Smart-contract and DeFi coins lead losses as bitcoin wilts for 4th straight day

Concerns about STRC, the dividend-paying preferred stock from Strategy continue to dominate market sentiment.

A trader sits in front of multiple screens holding his head. (Unsplash+/Getty Images)

Tech

Microsoft found malware that hijacks crypto wallets and spreads through USB sticks

The software intercepts shortcut files and directs them to install a worm that harvests private keys from the Windows clipboard and inserts its own destination wallet addresses when it detects a transfer.

A USB flash drive inserted into a laptop.

Markets

Live markets: Bitcoin under pressure as Saylor comments on STRC selloff

About 20% of miners are now unprofitable, and publicly traded miners sold more than 32,000 bitcoin in the first quarter to cover operating costs, more than they offloaded in all of 2025.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Bitcoin traders load up on bearish bets all the way down to $52,000

Bitcoin traders are scrambling to buy options bets that would pay off if the selloff deepens.

Bottom of a swimming pool. (xing419/Pixabay)

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Markets

Aster popped over 10% on radical 'buyback and burn' upgrade. But gains were short-lived

ASTER sees two-way volatility as bullish protocol-specific news meets hawkish Fed.

ASTER's price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto market positioning is 'defensive and thin' after Fed, Marex  analysts say

While the Federal Reserve held interest rates, Chair Kevin Warsh made it clear the U.S. central bank is more worried about inflation than growth.

Daytrading bitcoins financial markets at a coffeeshop. (Austin Distel/Unsplash)

Policy

Malta's financial regulator explores bringing parts of DeFi under MiCA's orbit

The MFSA is seeking feedback on whether decentralization should be assessed as a spectrum rather than a binary concept.

Malta. Credit: Shutterstock

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Markets

The bond market is flashing a clear signal on interest rates. Bitcoin bulls should take note

The bond market is sending a signal that complicates prospects of a near-term bitcoin bull run.

Traffic signal flashes red. (GoranH/Pixabay)

Tech

Live markets: price action turns panicky in Saylor's STRC as bitcoin drops below $63,000

Total crypto market value has held steady near $2.26 trillion since Tuesday, with the recovery losing momentum after the Fed killed rate-cut hopes and spot ETFs swung back to outflows.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

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