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

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)

Markets

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)

Markets

Bitcoin slides under $77,000 as oil shock and Treasury yields hit risk assets

Long-term holders are still sitting tight and exchange balances remain near six-year lows, Binance Research data shows, but underwater short-term holders leave BTC vulnerable to macro shocks.

Bitcoin treasuries (Coindesk)

Finance

Crypto users are choosing juicy yields over protection, putting billions at risk of hacks

DeFi insurance protocols debuted with huge ambitions during the 2020 crypto boom. But as hacks evolved and users chased yields over protection, most of the sector collapsed under the same risks it was built to cover.

Yield sign (Shutterstock)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto’s regulatory tailwind runs into a potential rates reset

Your day-ahead look for May 15, 2026

Attendees at the Senate Banking Committee markup. (Senate Banking Committee)

Markets

Hyperliquid leads 24-hour gains as altcoins pace bitcoin

HYPE’s surge is being fueled by Bitwise’s new spot Hyperliquid ETF and Coinbase’s expanded role as Hyperliquid’s official USDC treasury deployer.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

Markets

The U.S. stock market is getting close to dot-com bubble peak valuations

The Shiller cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio for U.S. stocks is nearing the 1999 peak seen during the dot-com bubble.

Laptop screen showing a rising graph line. (Yorgos Ntrahas/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin is still stuck below its 200-day average. Treasury yields may be the reason.

Rising yields may act as a headwind for assets like bitcoin and gold while potentially benefiting tokenized Treasury markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s recent $80,000 breakout was led by something other than U.S. spot buyers, data show

The rally was led by leveraged traders and not U.S.-based spot buyers. Hence, its. sustainability is being questioned.

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Clarity Act markup leaves bitcoin unstirred

Your day-ahead look for May 14, 2026

The dome of the Capitol

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