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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Altcoins climb as bitcoin and ether retreat from weekly highs

Altcoins outperformed bitcoin and ether on Thursday as traders rotated into higher-risk assets amid improving market sentiment.

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Trump family-linked American Bitcoin posts $82 million loss as crypto drop bites

The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business.

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Three signals pointing to a possible bitcoin move to $85,000

Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.

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Morgan Stanley brings crypto trading with lower fees than rivals

The bank is rolling out crypto trading on E*Trade with lower fees than Coinbase, Robinhood and Schwab, according to Bloomberg.

Morgan Stanley offices (Sven Piper/Unsplash)

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Crypto Daybook Amerika

DeFi's stress test ends quietly. Nothing broke.

Your day-ahead look for May 6, 2026

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From 'what' to 'how': Robinhood and Bitstamp say banks are ready to build on-chain

Executives from Ondo, Robinhood and Babylon Labs said at Consensus Miami 2026 that banks and traditional finance firms are embracing crypto infrastructure, though institutional adoption remains constrained.

Boris Alergant of Babylon Labs, Ian De Bode of Ondo and Nicola White of Robinhood and Bitstamp at Consensus Miami 2026 (CoinDesk)

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Multicoin goes big on zcash as privacy trade returns

The purchase marks a shift from Multicoin’s 2019 view, as ZEC has surged over 1,500% in the last year.

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Bitcoin moves above $82,000 while ZEC and DASH post double-digit rallies

BTC climbed above $82,00 as a weaker dollar lifted crypto markets, while privacy coins and AI-linked tokens led an altcoin rally.

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Bitcoin approaches $82,000 as oil crashes 6% on fresh Iran peace deal hopes

Bitcoin climbed toward $82,000 alongside a more than 1% rise in Nasdaq futures amid reports of progress toward a U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding.

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Bitcoin's price rally has a hidden rhythm. Here are the hours and days driving gains.

Bitcoin’s three-month rally shows a clear internal structure than most traders might expect, with performance clustering around specific trading windows across global sessions.

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