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

Hong Kong's RedotPay said to plan blockbuster $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg

The stablecoin payments company has hired JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, according to Bloomberg.

Crowded Hong Kong street scene with Chinese banners over the road

Markets

Bitcoin's price discovery is moving to Chicago

CME’s shift to nonstop derivatives access may accelerate institutional migration away from traditional crypto exchanges, according to the Chief Commercial Officer of XBTO.

CME Group Headquarters. (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Polymarket bettors put $3 million on which crypto firm ZachXBT will expose next

Solana app Meteora leads the odds at 43% after the blockchain investigator teased a "major" insider-trading probe set for release on Wednesday.

hackers (Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Jane Street faces claims of insider trading that sped up Terraform's 2022 collapse

Jane Street has denied the allegations as a "desperate" and "baseless" attempt to extract money.

Do Kwon (CoinDesk archives)

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Markets

Bitcoin dips under $63,000 and history says more pain ahead before bottom forms

Bitcoin extends overnight weakness amid renewed concerns over President Trump's tariffs.

COIN stock slides. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin stabilizes after overnight crypto rout, bouncing to $66,000

Bitcoin fell to $64,270 shortly after midnight UTC before rebounding to $66,300, as thin liquidity amplified moves tied to U.S. tariff plans and geopolitical tensions.

The sun rises from behind some mountains.

Markets

Bitcoin balances on Binance hit highest since November 2024: here's what it means

Users' bitcoin holdings in wallets linked to Binance have climbed to highest since late 2024.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Markets

Ethereum's cofounder Vitalik Buterin sells more ether while prices continues to slide

The latest sales are part of a broader plan announced in late January to fund ecosystem development and other initiative.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Markets

AI bot's tipping blunder hands $450,000 memecoin pile to X sad story poster

AI trading bot "Lobstar Wilde" accidentally sent a large coin stash to an X user in need of 4 SOL for medical treatment.

AI bot accidentally tips large coin stash to a X user. (AMRULQAYS/Pixabay)

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