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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New York Stock Exchange Owner to Acquire $2B Stake in Polymarket

The investment could help Polymarket return to the U.S. market, after it was shut off to U.S. users in 2022 following a settlement with the CFTC.

New York Stock Exchange building  (David Vives/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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FOMOing into Bitcoin? Check Out These Bullish BTC Plays Favored by Analysts

Bitcoin has surged to record highs above $126,000, consistent with the bullish seasonality.

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Fasset Wins Malaysia License to Launch First Stablecoin-Based Islamic Digital Bank

Approval lets Fasset offer full-service, Shariah-compliant digital banking backed by stablecoins

Fasset is focused on creating a Shariah-complaint stablecoin ecosystem (May Lim/Unsplash)

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India to Introduce RBI-Backed Digital Currency For Faster Transactions: Report

The new offering will leverage blockchain technology for faster and safer transactions, minister Piyush Goyal said.

Indian flag (Naveed Ahmed/Unsplash)

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PLUME Rises 25% as Network Registered by SEC as Transfer Agent for Tokenized Securities

Plume is already receiving interest from 40 Act funds and is seeking more licenses.

Plume (Pedro Vit/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin’s $125K Resistance: Analyst Warns Failure Could Bring Bear Market

Ledn CIO John Glover warns that failing to surpass the $125,000 resistance could trigger a bear market.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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Polymarket Bettors Say U.S. Government Shutdown Will be Long But Won't Break Records

Bettors predict it will last longer than Oct. 15, but won't break the record set by the first Trump administration in 2018-2019.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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XRP, DOGE, SOL See Profit-Taking, Bitcoin’s New High (Maybe) Could Still Rise Higher

The outlier on a weekly basis remains BNB, roughly at $1,184 and up more than 17% over seven days, which tells us that rotations are still happening inside ecosystems.

(CoinDesk)