Omkar Godbole

Managing Editor, Markets

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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A DeFi exchange becomes the first to offer equity perpetuals powered by Nasdaq data

The partnership underscores both the rapid growth of equity perpetuals in onchain markets and Nasdaq’s broader strategy to support tokenized equity trading infrastructure.

Ostium team. (Ostium's LinkedIn)

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XRP and Solana funds attract inflows as bitcoin outflows hit nearly $1 billion

CoinShares data shows investors are rotating into listed products based on XRP and SOL while bitcoin and ethereum products posted heavy weekly outflows.

U.S. sport XRP ETFs have recorded only inflows since their launch.

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Bitcoin has shed $5,000 within days. ETF flows, derivatives say the selloff could worsen

Bitcoin has fallen about 6% from $82,000 to $76,800, and underlying data point to the drop being more than a routine pullback.

(Laura Cleffmann/Unsplash)

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World Liberty Financial treasury company AI Financial warns that it may not survive the year in SEC filing

The former Alt5 Sigma marked its 7.28 billion WLFI tokens at $706 million, down from a roughly $1.46 billion cost basis, while disclosing that the holdings remain locked amid liquidity concerns.

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Live markets: Bitcoin gives up all of May's gains, slipping below $77,000

Strategy made a mammoth $2 billion bitcoin purchase last week, but it's not lifting crypto spirits or prices.

Kevin Warsh (Getty Images)

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The three risks that could overwhelm bitcoin's regulatory tailwind

Your day-ahead look for May 18, 2026

An oil refinery belches smoke into a sky turned orange by the setting sun. (Creative Commons)

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Bitcoin slides below $77,000 as Trump’s Iran warning rattles risk assets

Bitcoin and ether sank after the U.S. president told Iran the “clock is ticking,” sending oil higher and triggering broad crypto liquidations.

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Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy

Bitcoin Depot, the largest bitcoin ATM operator in North America and publicly listed on Nasdaq, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Bitcoin ATMs (John Paul Cuvinar/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)
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Crypto traders betting on a rally lose $563 million in liquidations. Ether and bitcoin suffer the most

Ether and bitcoin led liquidations, as their prices dropped on macroeconomic concerns.

Expiring futures contracts, a legacy of physical commodity pits, are coming to a decentralized crypto exchange. (Jeremy Kemp via Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)

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Yet another crypto bridge falls victim to an $11 million hack

The latest attack adds to growing string of cross-chain infrastructure exploits.

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