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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Diário de Cripto Américas

The $75,000 line in the sand: What it’ll take for bitcoin to go "full bull"

Your day-ahead look for March 24, 2026

Bull vs bear (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finanças

Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut sees profit soar 57% to $2.3 billion in 2025

The company's customer base grew to 68.3 million, with total balances up 66% to $67.5 billion and transaction volume reaching $1.7 trillion.

A Revolut card (Kay/Unsplash)

Mercados

Bitcoin leads crypto rebound to $71,000 as $550 million in shorts liquidated

BTC climbs despite escalating Middle East tensions, outperforming gold as altcoins rally and derivatives data signals cautious but improving market sentiment.

(Sternschnuppenreiter/Pixabay)

Mercados

Here’s how Treasuries could shape Trump’s Iran war and bitcoin moves

Treasury yields and swap spreads could eventually pressure the Trump administration to moderate the conflict, analysts argue.

Bonds, Treasury Bond. (Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock)

Publicidade

Tecnologia

Bitcoin's mining concentration just showed up in a rare 2-block reorg

A 2-block reorg at height 941,881 saw Foundry's chain overwrite blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC, coming days after mining difficulty dropped nearly 8%.

Racks of mining machines.

Mercados

Bitcoin surges above $71,000 as Trump postpones Iran strikes for 5 days

Trump said that the two countries held "very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East."

U.S. President Donald Trump  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Diário de Cripto Américas

Polymarket traders bet on Iran ceasefire even as oil shock concerns persist

Your day-ahead look for March 23, 2026

Crude oil (Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Unsplash)

Mercados

Bitcoin retreats to $68,000, leaving CME gap as traders eye $70,000 rebound

BTC slipped back into February's range after Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran's power plants, sparking a selloff and shifting flows toward commodities.

Bitcoin CME futures (TradingView)

Publicidade

Mercados

Bitcoin's momentum indicator is flashing a signal that should worry bulls

A key momentum indicator that has been accurate at calling price selloffs since October just triggered.

Bear. (geralt/Pixabay

Política

Prosecutors flag mail discrepancies in Sam Bankman-Fried’s retrial motion letter from prison

A letter attributed to the jailed FTX founder was shipped via FedEx and misidentified his prison, prompting prosecutors to question its authenticity

Despite claims by right-wing political figures, Sam Bankman-Fried was definitely not a free man when he (right) exited a Manhattan courtroom on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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