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

Morgan Stanley brings crypto trading with lower fees than rivals

The bank is rolling out crypto trading on E*Trade with lower fees than Coinbase, Robinhood and Schwab, according to Bloomberg.

Morgan Stanley offices (Sven Piper/Unsplash)

Finance

From 'what' to 'how': Robinhood and Bitstamp say banks are ready to build on-chain

Executives from Ondo, Robinhood and Babylon Labs said at Consensus Miami 2026 that banks and traditional finance firms are embracing crypto infrastructure, though institutional adoption remains constrained.

Boris Alergant of Babylon Labs, Ian De Bode of Ondo and Nicola White of Robinhood and Bitstamp at Consensus Miami 2026 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Multicoin goes big on zcash as privacy trade returns

The purchase marks a shift from Multicoin’s 2019 view, as ZEC has surged over 1,500% in the last year.

Tushar Jain

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Markets

Bitcoin moves above $82,000 while ZEC and DASH post double-digit rallies

BTC climbed above $82,00 as a weaker dollar lifted crypto markets, while privacy coins and AI-linked tokens led an altcoin rally.

BTC/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Bitcoin approaches $82,000 as oil crashes 6% on fresh Iran peace deal hopes

Bitcoin climbed toward $82,000 alongside a more than 1% rise in Nasdaq futures amid reports of progress toward a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding.

BTC's price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's price rally has a hidden rhythm. Here are the hours and days driving gains.

Bitcoin’s three-month rally shows a clear internal structure than most traders might expect, with performance clustering around specific trading windows across global sessions.

Days. (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto custodian Taurus moves straight into EU capital markets with MiFID license in Cyprus

The license allows the firm to offer tokenized financial instruments to EU banks as well as secondary trading for tokenized bonds, fund shares, equities, and structured products.

Paphos, Cyprus (Miriam Eh/Unsplash)

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Markets

Crypto derivatives have converged with Wall Street. Equity perps could soon prove it.

Crypto and traditional finance are converging fast, with perpetual futures emerging as the strongest bridge between the two.

Panelists on "Digital Asset Derivatives: Building Ecosystems and Establishing Opportunities." (Consensus Miami, CoinDesk)

Tech

Toncoin surges 36% as Telegram replaces TON Foundation and slashes fees

The market is repricing TON as a Telegram-led ecosystem again, not just a foundation-run chain with a messaging app narrative attached.

Telegram app

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