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

A bitcoin short squeeze for the ages as futures open interest collapses

Falling open interest and subdued funding rates suggest the rally remains structurally healthy.

Futures Open Interest (Glassnode)

Markets

Treasury’s bond buyback plan fights the market and heightens the danger, billionaire Druckenmiller says

The billionaire investor argues the intervention removes a vital check on government borrowing and fiscal accountability while markets remain the better judge of prices.

Stanley Druckenmiller (Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin traders place $2.9 million bet on a rapid price jump above $82,000

Traders are spending millions to position for further Bitcoin upside after its staggering rally to $80,000, though demand for downside protection remains firm, according to Laevitas.

Balloons. (E Hillsley/Unsplash)

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Financial repression: The new buzzword for bitcoin bulls

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 24, 2026

U.S. Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin steadies near $78,000 as gold rallies, altcoins consolidate after best week in 3 years

BTC was little changed Monday after last week's 24% surge triggered by a Treasury buyback announcement that squeezed over $3 billion in shorts.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin retreats after nearing $80,000, with analysts eyeing breather after big run

With bond yields still near multi-year highs, focus turns to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's upcoming Jackson Hole address.

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Markets

Ether is crushing bitcoin and the 'golden cross' says it may not be done yet

The ETH/BTC ratio has recently formed a bullish golden cross, suggesting ether could extend its outperformance against bitcoin.

ETHBTC's golden cross. (TradingView)

Markets

Ethereum lending app Term Finance loses $8.5 million after attacker buys voting power

The exploit shows how lightly held voting tokens can become a means of attack when control of a protocol is cheaper than the assets it governs.

Critics say Russia's blockchain voting system is a black box.

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Markets

Bessent's $4 billion bond buyback wanted lower yields. It got a bitcoin surge instead.

Bessent’s bond-buyback plan fails to curb Treasury yields. Here's what it means for bitcoin and gold

Treasury's bond buyback plan fail to push yields lower. (Connor Gan/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoin neobank Fasset lands $1 billion valuation as SBI backs its payments push

The firm raised $68 million as its revenue has grown six-fold as stablecoin payments and settlement expand, CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain told CoinDesk.

Fasset co-founder and CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain (Fasset)

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