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

Hyperliquid's next upgrade to let seasoned traders take bigger bets with less capital

Hyperliquid will introduce portfolio margin for real trading accounts, letting users offset risk across positions and support larger trades with less collateral.

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Markets

Bitcoin climbs to $71,000 as dollar, oil weaken after Trump comments on Iran war

Crypto and risk assets rally as the dollar retreats following comments from Donald Trump suggesting the conflict in Iran may end soon, while bitcoin still faces a broader downtrend.

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

Markets

Hyperliquid’s tokenized futures hit $1.2B as traders bet on oil, stocks

Trading has been driven largely by tokenized futures on equities and commodities such as oil, gold and silver.

Hands rest on the keyboard of a laptop showing trading graphs, data. (Kanchanara / Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether treasury firm Bitmine moves $19.5 million in ETH to Coinbase Prime

The largest public ether holder sent two transfers totaling $19.5 million to Coinbase Prime hot wallets on Tuesday, though the moves don't necessarily signal selling.

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Markets

Here's how traders and big buyers stepped in to keep bitcoin steady during the oil shock

Several market participants, including MSTR and OTC traders, kept demand steady, helping BTC stay resilient.

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Markets

AI tokens rally after Nvidia open-source agent plan, beat CoinDesk 20

The AI-linked cryptocurrencies moved higher after a report from Wired said Nvidia is planning an open-source platform for autonomous AI agents.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Nvidia)

Markets

Bitcoin is beating stocks and gold as the Middle East conflict rattles global markets

Bitcoin has outperformed precious metals and U.S. equities since the war in Iran first began, softening sentiment after a rough start to the year.

Skyline of the Iranian capital, Tehran


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Finance

Nasdaq and Kraken are teaming up to let you trade tokenized stocks

Nasdaq plans to work with Kraken to distribute tokenized versions of public stocks globally as the exchange pushes to bring blockchain infrastructure into traditional markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin rises as oil spikes, equities drop

Bitcoin climbed during European trading hours even as U.S. equity futures, gold and silver fell, highlighting its relative resilience to oil shocks and war risks.

Map of Iran. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)