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

Smaller tokens lead as bitcoin, sol rally in 'first real bounce of the selloff'

Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies rebounded on dovish Federal Reserve signals, with speculative tokens like Memecore’s M and Audiera’s BEAT leading gains.

Chart of CoinDesk 20 Index showing a 24-hour gain of 4.77%

Markets

Taiko fully restores cross-chain bridge just 10 days after a $1.7 million hack

The protocol completed a multi-stage recovery that included an independent security review. The TAIKO token has surged as much as 136% in recent trading.

Open sign (Richard Balog/Unsplash)

Markets

Solana launches onchain governance and sets entry fee at 100,000 SOL staked

Validators and the people who stake with them can now formally signal where the network should go through a new system called Solana Governance Proposals. Any validator with 100,000 SOL behind it can open one, and stakers can overrule how their validator votes.

A Solana sign at a crypto conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin's long-term holders have returned to accumulation

Long-term holding wallets have shifted to net accumulation from net distribution, according to Glassnode.

Boy holding pokemon cards. (Mick Haupt/Unsplash)

Policy

FBI Director Kash Patel caught sleeping on required disclosure of six-figure MSTR investment: Report

Patel loaded up on BTC-holder MSTR shares but failed to file a timely disclosure, according to a report by nonpartisan news outlet NOTUS.

FBI director Kash Patel (Getty Images)

Policy

Europe is rewriting its landmark crypto rulebook MiCA as hard July 1 deadline passes

The EU is reviewing whether its landmark crypto regulation MiCA needs updating for a market reshaped by stablecoins and tokenization.

European Union (Antoine Schibler/Unsplash)


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Bitcoin options traders load up on $50,000 puts and gold futures flash a death cross

Bitcoin options flows and a record gold OI suggest traders are bracing for further downside rather than a sustained recovery.

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Bitcoin’s 20% June crash looks even deadlier on the charts. Here’s why

Bitcoin dropped by 20% in June, but the monthly chart reveals something far more concerning.

BTC storm could be looming, per Derive. (Myriams-Fotos/Pixabay)

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