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 buyers gobbled up nearly 850,000 BTC between $60,000 and $70,000

A ton of BTC was recently traded below $70,000 in a sign of strong dip demand.

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Ceasefire lifts bitcoin, but animal spirits may not return just yet

Bitcoin clears a key technical hurdle and eyes $76,000 as a temporary ceasefire with Iran and Morgan Stanley’s landmark ETF debut restore market confidence.

Top crypto movers (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Move over bitcoin and quantum risks. Anthropic's Mythos AI could have major implications for DeFi

Claude Mythos Preview identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and browser, including in cryptography libraries that DeFi infrastructure depends on.

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Crypto markets rally as Trump announces two-week Iran ceasefire

Digital assets spiked as a surprise geopolitical de-escalation triggered $600 million in liquidations, sending Bitcoin toward $73,000 and boosting altcoin demand.

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Crypto's 'AWS' Alchemy unveils tool to make AI payment systems talk to each other

Alchemy’s AgentPay addresses the problem that the agentic payment systems currently coming online don’t talk to one another.

Alchemy CTO Guillaume Poncin (Alchemy)

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Crypto whale holding oil shorts walks away with $2 million in profit

A trader named Loracle closed his short position in oil futures early Wednesday, pocketing $2 million in profit.

Whisky barrels

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U.S. bank with $1.9 trillion in assets could debut its bitcoin ETF Wednesday

Morgan Stanley's bitcoin ETF could start trading on NYSE on Wednesday under the ticker MSBT.

Morgan Stanley offices (Sven Piper/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin vaults past $72,000 as U.S. stock futures surge on a two‑week U.S.–Iran ceasefire

Risk assets rose late Tuesday as oil collapsed after Trump and Iran confirmed the two-week ceasefire.

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Bitcoin has room to rally, but there's a catch

Your day-ahead look for April 6, 2026

A bulk carrier shrouded in mist awaits entry to the Strait of Hormuz

Markets

Bitcoin rallies on report of Iran ceasefire talks, Algorand extends gains

If a ceasefire materializes, a relief rally could further benefit risk assets. For now, traders appear to be treating the headlines with skepticism.

Aerial view of Islamabad, Pakistan.

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