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

Bitcoin clings to $62,500 as bears tighten grip on crypto market

Bitcoin held above $62,500 and ether near $1,665, but sluggish price action and widening put skews signal bears remain firmly in control.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk Data)

Policy

Trump lands in Senate's crosshairs over $500 million UAE investment in his crypto venture

Senate Democrats call for hearings into whether a $500 million investment by UAE officials in World Liberty Financial influenced Trump's policy decisions.

President Donald Trump at the White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin OGs aren't selling as aggressively as they did above $100,000

Bitcoin "OGs" have slashed their selling activity to the lowest levels in nearly two years.

A group of men and friends, playing a game of cards in Sorrento. (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)

Tech

Live markets: Bitcoin claws back some of the losses after Micron beats earnings

Battered crypto sector gets some relief after Micron beats earnings, bringing back some risk appetite to the market.

Micron gives late boost to crypto (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin volatility looks cheap as $10 billion options settlement nears

Your day-ahead look for June 23, 2026

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Markets

Crypto market drops as Nasdaq tech selloff spills into digital assets

Bitcoin lost 2.5% to $62,300 and ether fell more than 4% while $717 million in liquidations amplified losses across altcoins.

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Markets

Bitcoin price has limited downside, likely near bottom, contrarian indicator suggests

The bitcoin price's long-term moving averages are set to flash a bearish signal soon. That's good news for the bulls.

Side-by-side charts showing the current moving averages and the historical intersections.

Markets

Live updates: Saylor's Strategy sinks to new 52-week low as bitcoin drops to $62,000

Crypto prices are again on the defensive amid a global stock rout set off by a 10% plunge in South Korea's Kospi.

pen rests on paper showing sketched graph going lower.

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Markets

SpaceX’s $600 billion plunge erased equivalent of nearly half of bitcoin’s market cap in 3 days

The newly public company shed close to half of bitcoin's entire market value in three sessions after announcing its first bond sale. Bitcoin, absorbing the same backdrop, fell less than 1%.

Starlink Mission. (Official SpaceX Photos/flickr)

Tech

Quantum computing is often seen as a risk to bitcoin. Now Trump wants to develop it.

The White House issued twin executive orders to accelerate U.S. development of large-scale quantum computers while simultaneously hardening defenses against such machines.

Donald Trump (Credit: Library of Congress on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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