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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Crypto Investors Flee Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs on Tariff-Driven Uncertainty

The withdrawals took place even as prices zoomed higher alongside a risk-reset on Wall Street.

A man runs past a wall-painted exit pictogram toward a door.

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Bitcoin Eyes $87K After Double Bottom Breakout; Dogecoin, XRP Bulls Look to Establish Control

Price charts of major tokens flash bullish signals after a prolonged battering.

fence, breakout (CoinDesk archives)

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UK Bond Yields Hit 5.6%, Stirring ‘Memories of 2022 Pension Crisis’

Tariff fears revive market turmoil as borrowing costs soar.

British Flag (Unsplash)

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Powell Likely to Wait Until Trump Blinks, 'Dr. Doom' Roubini Says

Roubini, known as Dr. Doom for predicting the 2008 financial meltdown, warned against relying on the Fed for a swift resolution to market instability.

Nouriel Roubini

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Bitcoin Longs Could See Wave of Liquidation Between $73.8K-$74.4K as 'Treasury Basis Trade' Unwinds

The sharp rise in Treasury yields likely stems from the unwinding of basis trades and could trigger liquidity crisis, deepening the sell-off in risk assets.

A man trapped in the ocean. (nikko macaspac/Unsplash)

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The All-Important U.S. 10-Year Yield Is Moving in the Wrong Direction for Trump

One of the most volatile trading sessions since March 2020 exposed deep cracks in the global financial system—foreign selling of U.S. Treasury notes is questioned.

President Donald Trump (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Analysts Optimistic as China Surprisingly Fixes Yuan Beyond 7.2 Level

Analysts suggest the yuan's depreciation may lead to capital flight into bitcoin.

PBOC hints openness to weaker yuan in a supposedly bullish sign for BTC. (SW1994/Pixabay)

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President Trump Pushes Fed to Cut Rates, Says There Is ‘No Inflation’

Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow moving Fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is NO INFLATION, Trump said.

U.S. President Donald Trump. (geralt/Pixabay)