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

Ether-bitcoin ratio bounces from 2026 lows, signaling broader crypto recovery

The ETH/BTC ratio hit its highest since January as Ethereum's network added 284,000 new users in Q1 and stablecoin supply reached a record $180 billion.

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Markets

Bitcoin rises to one-month high above $75,000 as analysts eye major breakout

Several crypto market experts explain what might happen if bitcoin manages to hold $75,000, and if it does not.

Bitcoin bus (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)

Finance

A fake Ledger app on the Apple App Store drained $9.5 million in crypto

A malicious Ledger Live clone slipped onto Apple’s App Store, draining millions from dozens of victims across multiple blockchains in a week-long phishing campaign.

Hacker sitting in a room (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin tests $75,000 as $200 million in shorts face liquidation risk

Bitcoin price approaches $75,000 level with $200 million in shorts at risk of liquidation, rising open interest and shifting volatility dynamics in focus.

BTC/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Here are key bitcoin price levels to watch as the rally gathers steam

BTC's price has hit four-week highs above $74,000. Here are next key levels that could amplify volatility or create resistance.

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Markets

NFT bull Steve Aoki sells his SHIB, ETH, and PEPE. His Bored Apes are down 88%.

The DJ who told CoinDesk in 2021 that NFTs would be "part of culture" within five years is quietly exiting crypto.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Nikita Bier says crypto has had a rough year, hints at building something new as X Money launch nears

The head of product's viral one-liner lands weeks before Elon Musk's fiat payments app goes live with a 6% yield and a Visa card

Nikita Bier. (source: lightspeed ventures)

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Markets

Little-known token ranks alongside bitcoin and ether in the top three — just not in the way you think

RAVE has surged several thousand percent in seven days, driving frenzied trading activity and large liquidations, second only to industry leaders bitcoin and ether.

Cars racing on a track. (mibro/Pixabay)

Markets

Japan's central bank cools rate hike expectations, removing a key risk for bitcoin's rally

The BOJ's dovish shift keeps the yen carry trade alive, the same trade whose unwind crashed bitcoin 24% in two days in August 2024.

Japan flag in front of a building (Roméo A./Unsplash)

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