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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Live markets: Bitcoin edges higher as U.S. stocks recover from big early losses

Markets are reassessing the certainty of one or more Fed rate hikes this year.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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Strategy's yield-generating STRC stock is more correlated with BTC than ever

The tightening correlation undermines STRC's appeal as a relatively steadier income vehicle.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Markets

Circle and Nomura join forces to target a $440 billion daily foreign exchange market in Japan

The stablecoin giant and the Japanese financial corporation plan to deploy cross-border foreign exchange settlements as early as next year.

Nomura office block. (Hamihoko/Wikimedia Commons)


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Crypto relief rally fails to shake persistent bearish derivatives signal

A relief rally tied to recovering U.S. equities lifted BTC and ETH off weekly lows, but bearish derivatives positioning and negative CVD suggest the rebound may be fragile.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

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Forget max pain theory. Bitcoin is well below the $72,000 magnet going into $10 billion options expiry

The popular max pain theory isn’t working out as bitcoin trades far from the $72K level a day ahead of a $10 billion quarterly options settlement.

Magnet. (pithonius/Pixabay)

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Live markets: Bitcoin settles in under $60,000

Strategy's common stock hit a multi-year low, while its STRC preferred stock plunged to a new record low.

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MemeCore's M token suddenly crashes 80% with no clear trigger

The token fell from nearly $3 to about $0.50 in hours, wiping out close to $3 billion in market value, with no exploit or announcement to explain it. Onchain investigator ZachXBT warned in April that M's price had been propped up by insiders.

BTC falls to its 20-day moving average. (Meg Boulden/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin has a new line in the sand. Thursday’s core PCE could stress test it.

The market has found a new support level and it could be tested following Thursday's U.S. inflation data.

Trading screen. (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Crypto Daybook Americas

This forgotten coin could surprise everyone before its next halving

Your day-ahead look for June 24, 2026

A trader checks his phone while sitting in front of a screen with charts. (Pixabay)

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