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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Strategy's STRC keeps dividend payout steady at 11.5% after seven straight increases

The perpetual preferred yield holds at 11.5% for April as the 30-day volume weighted average price stabilizes near $100.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk Television)

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Australia passes crypto regulation requiring exchanges to obtain financial services licenses

Exchanges and custody platforms must obtain financial services licenses within six months under the new framework.

Australia Parliament Building Canberra

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Some quantum-resistant tokens jump 50% as Google flags risks to Bitcoin security

The so-called quantum-resistant coins rally as traders switch to potential long-term security.

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Markets

Bearish sentiment builds in crypto as volatility and hedging rise

Bitcoin’s brief rally faded amid war-driven oil price surge, rising volatility and declining futures interest, signaling growing caution across crypto markets.

BTC/USD (CoinDesk Data)

Markets

Hashdex’s diversified crypto ETF adds options for hedging, income generation

Options on Hashdex’s diversified NCIQ ETF now let investors hedge, generate income and manage risk across a broad basket of digital assets.

The word "options" (Peggy_Marco/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin demand falters as 'real' interest rates surge

Rising U.S. real yields, especially on 10-year TIPS, pose a headwind to zero-yielding risk assets like bitcoin.

Fog-shrouded Chicago morning. (Christian Mack/Unsplash)

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Maryland man charged in $50 million Uranium Finance hack after U.S. seized $31 million in crypto

Prosecutors say Jonathan Spalletta exploited smart contract bugs twice in April 2021, laundering funds through Tornado Cash and spending proceeds on rare collectibles.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

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KuCoin operator barred from U.S. after CFTC order, following $297 million DOJ case

KuCoin operator Peken Global Limited cannot cater to U.S. users on its platform unless it registers as a foreign board of trade.

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Breaking Bitcoin with quantum may be easier than thought, with Taproot partly to blame, Google says

The findings suggest attackers could one day steal bitcoin mid-transaction, challenging assumptions that the threat is decades away.

Quantum Computing Optics (Ben Wicks/Unsplash)

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