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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Mercados

Bitcoin rallies after Japan rate increase with XLM, INJ, UNI advancing

Stellar’s XLM, Injective’s INJ and Uniswap’s UNI ranked among the best performers in the 100 biggest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

Bitcoin price chart

Mercados

Tether Gold now has a dedicated options market on Bybit

These options, settled in USDT, let traders hedge risk, speculate on gold prices.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnología

Live markets: Bitcoin falls below $66,000 as SpaceX rallies on Cursor agreement

Ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid funds all took in money, but bitcoin's outflow was really just Grayscale's GBTC.

Elon Musk in Berlin

Publicidad

Mercados

Bitcoin rises after Bank of Japan hikes interest rates to a 31-year high

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 1%, the highest level since 1995.

Bank of Japan. (Credit: By Wiiii-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

Mercados

Bitcoin traders have a reason to watch Tuesday's BOJ rate decision. Yen shorts are at a nine-year high

A large build-up of speculative short positions in the yen raises the risk of a sharp short squeeze if the BOJ signals more aggressive tightening, potentially unwinding yen-funded carry trades that support risk assets.

Tokyo, Japan (Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Tecnología

Live markets: Bitcoin gives back some gains as SpaceX's post-IPO rally extends to 40%

Monetary policy may be back in focus, with Kevin Warsh's first policy meeting as Fed chairman coming this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Mercados

Bitcoin could crash to $48,000, if this historical pattern is triggered

A pattern stretching back to bitcoin's earliest days has held through every market cycle. It has yet to be tested in the current one.

(Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Publicidad

Mercados

Saylor to Musk: Thanks to you, 25% of 'Mag8' firms now hold bitcoin

"Thanks to you, 25% of the Mag8 now holds bitcoin on the balance sheet," Saylor wrote on X, congratulating Musk on SpaceX's historic IPO debut.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Crypto Daybook Americas

For crypto, SpaceX's stock market debut could go either way

Your day-ahead look for June 12, 2026

Nasdaq sign on a building (CoinDesk Archives)

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