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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Finance

KelpDAO hackers are laundering millions in stolen crypto, data show

KelpDAO hackers are moving $290M in stolen crypto across blockchains, using privacy tools to mask the trail as DeFi contagion fears move through the sector.

Euro notes haning on a washing line. (Frank van Hulst/Unsplash+/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

A dozen banks want a euro stablecoin. Fireblocks is making it happen

The Qivalis consortium is made up of: Banca Sella, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit.

CEO and co-founder Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks)

Markets

Arbitrum freezes $71 million in ether tied to Kelp DAO exploit

The layer-2 network's security council moved 30,766 ETH to a frozen intermediary wallet, accessible only via further governance action.

Freeze

Markets

Ripple wants the XRP Ledger to be quantum-proof by 2028. Here is its plan

Ripple has laid out a four-phase plan to make the XRP Ledger quantum-resistant by 2028.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin drops from recent highs as traders watch CME gap, DeFi hack fallout

Bitcoin pulled back after Friday’s surge as traders considered a CME futures gap, a DeFi exploit rattled altcoins and macro pressures weighed on sentiment.

BTC/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Here's how bitcoin's $7.9 billion April options expiry impact prices

With the bitcoin price above max pain and heavy positioning at $75K, traders face a potential squeeze or pullback into "max pain" expiry.

Laptop with markets monitor and charts. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Markets

A $300 million borrowing spike on Aave signals liquidity crunch after KelpDAO exploit

The aftershocks of the Saturday's KelpDAO hack are spreading through stablecoin markets in ways that were not immediately obvious.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

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Markets

The $13 billion DeFi wipeout in two days, and it started with KelpDAO attack

Multiple lending and yield protocols are posting double-digit percentage declines in TVL, though token prices are seeing a limited decline.

(Andrei Akushevich/Getty Images)

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