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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Here's why bitcoin climbed through $71,000

Your day-ahead look for March 4, 2026

A space shuttle takes off on the back of a rocket. (WikiImages/Pixabay)

Markets

Morgan Stanley taps Coinbase and BNY for custody in proposed Bitcoin ETF

BNY to act as administrator, transfer agent and cash custodian for Morgan Stanley’s proposed Bitcoin Trust.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin hits one-month high near $72,000 as haven demand rises

BTC jumped to $71,800 as investors turned to haven assets in light of the escalating Middle East conflict and renewed strength in altcoins.

Stylized bitcoin logo

Finance

Kraken becomes first crypto company to secure Fed master account access

The approval lets Kraken speed up deposits and withdrawals for large traders and institutional clients, but is limited.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin jumps above $71,000, building on its resilience to Middle East conflict

Bitcoin climbed above $71,000, gaining more than 6% in 24 hours and leading broad advances in major cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin's price rise. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ray Dalio says 'there is only one gold' as bitcoin outperforms gold during worst geopolitical crisis in years

The Bridgewater founder dismissed bitcoin's safe-haven credentials on the same day gold dropped 3% while bitcoin fell less than 1%.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Over a billion flows into bitcoin ETFs, yet the price isn’t rising — an analyst explains why

Bitfinex analyst argue that ETF inflows can be misread as immediate spot demand.

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Markets

Polymarket shelves nuclear detonation markets after outcry

Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren’t new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them.

(Ilja Nedilko/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin outperforms equities in risk-off session as Iran conflict enters third day

Bitcoin rebounded to $66,500 after weekend strikes on Iran triggered $300 million in liquidations. Oil jumped, equities slid and select DeFi tokens outperformed.

Map of Iran. (Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock)

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