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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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)

Markets

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.

Classroom board. (geralt/Pixabay)

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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)

Markets

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)

Tech

Hong Kong links up with Shanghai trade authorities to put cargo data on blockchain

HKMA teams up with mainland regulators to develop a cross-border platform linking cargo data and electronic bills of lading, aiming to cut trade finance friction and plug Chinese supply chains into global markets

(Zhou Xian/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin slips below $66,000, U.S. stock futures bleed as Iran hits Saudi oil refinery

Iran has reportedly stepped up attacks against U.S. assets in the middle east.

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

Markets

Over $9 billion flees bitcoin and ether ETFs in four months

Record outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed.

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices (Unsplash, Kanchanara)