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

JPYC raises $38 million Series B led by major Japanese logistics firm AZ-COM Maruwa

The investment brings the company’s total raised to $106 million across seven funding rounds since November 2021.

Yen notes (Cedric Cullen/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin, ether benefit as traders seek safety of largest tokens

The two largest cryptocurrencies are the only CoinDesk 20 members in positive territory as altcoins fall out of favor.

A chart of bitcoin's price over the past 24 hours.

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin flatlines near $64,000 ahead of Friday's jobs report

Trump’s comments on jobs, inflation and a possible Strait of Hormuz deal have helped risk sentiment, but bitcoin’s next move depends on whether lower oil actually pulls Treasury yields and the dollar down.

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Tech

Bitcoin developers flag 85 critical bugs in an "extremely bad" situation

A volunteer group running AI models against bitcoin codebases says it is averaging roughly one critical bug per hour per person, at about $10,000 a day in compute.

A bug walking across a keyboard. Developers are increasingly discovering software bugs using AI. (Unsplash)

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Markets

S&P 500 added all of crypto's $2 trillion market cap in a month while bitcoin barely moved. Here's why

The S&P 500 just added roughly the entire crypto market's value this month. Bitcoin has barely moved, and the reasons go beyond the obvious.

Bitcoin vs S&P 500. (TradingView)

Markets

CASHCAT jumps 120% in a week as Robinhood Chain hits $774 million of value locked

The memecoin that defined the chain's debut has recovered to an $86 million cap. Tokenized assets, the chain's stated purpose, sit at $27.6 million.

Before becoming Robinhood, the company's founders used "Cash Cat" as the project's internal name and mascot. (Cash Cat)

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The $120 million Coldcard hack lights up Bitcoin's memory pool

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 5, 2026

Chart showing the number of transactions waiting in Bitcoin's mempool.

Markets

Circle shares fall 3% despite earnings beat as stablecoin issuer misses on revenue

Shares initially jumped 10% but later fell 3% in pre-market trading as the stablecoin issuer revealed institutional adoption for its layer 1 blockchain Arc but missed on revenue.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Markets

Bitcoin, broader market fail to keep pace as global equities hit record highs

Derivatives data show subdued activity in bitcoin and ether but aggressive positioning in select altcoins.

Chart of bitcoin price over 24 hours

Markets

Live updates: An AI credit bubble could set up bitcoin’s path to $1 million, says Arthur Hayes

Maelstrom co-founder Arthur Hayes says overleveraged AI data-center spending will eventually crack, forcing government bailouts and money printing that become the next major bitcoin catalyst.

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