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

Live markets: Bitcoin gives up all of May's gains, slipping below $77,000

Strategy made a mammoth $2 billion bitcoin purchase last week, but it's not lifting crypto spirits or prices.

Kevin Warsh (Getty Images)

Crypto Daybook Americas

The three risks that could overwhelm bitcoin's regulatory tailwind

Your day-ahead look for May 18, 2026

An oil refinery belches smoke into a sky turned orange by the setting sun. (Creative Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin slides below $77,000 as Trump’s Iran warning rattles risk assets

Bitcoin and ether sank after the U.S. president told Iran the “clock is ticking,” sending oil higher and triggering broad crypto liquidations.

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Markets

Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy

Bitcoin Depot, the largest bitcoin ATM operator in North America and publicly listed on Nasdaq, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Bitcoin ATMs (John Paul Cuvinar/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Crypto traders betting on a rally lose $563 million in liquidations. Ether and bitcoin suffer the most

Ether and bitcoin led liquidations, as their prices dropped on macroeconomic concerns.

Expiring futures contracts, a legacy of physical commodity pits, are coming to a decentralized crypto exchange. (Jeremy Kemp via Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Yet another crypto bridge falls victim to an $11 million hack

The latest attack adds to growing string of cross-chain infrastructure exploits.

Liquid network faces security exploit. (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin slides under $77,000 as oil shock and Treasury yields hit risk assets

Long-term holders are still sitting tight and exchange balances remain near six-year lows, Binance Research data shows, but underwater short-term holders leave BTC vulnerable to macro shocks.

Bitcoin treasuries (Coindesk)

Finance

Crypto users are choosing juicy yields over protection, putting billions at risk of hacks

DeFi insurance protocols debuted with huge ambitions during the 2020 crypto boom. But as hacks evolved and users chased yields over protection, most of the sector collapsed under the same risks it was built to cover.

Yield sign (Shutterstock)

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto’s regulatory tailwind runs into a potential rates reset

Your day-ahead look for May 15, 2026

Attendees at the Senate Banking Committee markup. (Senate Banking Committee)

Markets

Hyperliquid leads 24-hour gains as altcoins pace bitcoin

HYPE’s surge is being fueled by Bitwise’s new spot Hyperliquid ETF and Coinbase’s expanded role as Hyperliquid’s official USDC treasury deployer.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

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