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

Circle's USDC takes over Chelsea's jersey in Premier League first sponsorship deal

Financials were not disclosed, though reports from earlier this year suggested Chelsea was targeting 65 million pounds a year ($88.3 million) for the sponsorship berth.

Circle is the new front-of-shirt sponsor for Chelsea FC (Chelsea FC/Circle)

Finance

Bullish backs USD.AI with $100 million in financing to drive GPU-backed loans

Cryptocurrency platform Bullish is extending a $100 million debt facility to USD.AI to finance GPU-backed loans for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

USD.AI developer Permian Labs' Conor Moore (left, COO/co-founder) and David Choi (right, CEO/co-founder) (Permian Labs)

Markets

Bitcoin hits highest level in 3 months before pulling back as altcoins consolidate

BTC briefly touched $81,455 overnight, its highest since May 15 as Nasdaq futures slipped and gold extended gains heading into the weekend.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Here’s why Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech is a major event for bitcoin and gold

Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech could shape expectations for Fed support of Treasury buybacks, with implications for bitcoin, gold and long-term yields.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin is trading at a premium on Coinbase after a long time. Here's what it means

The indictor has flipped positive for the first time since May as BTC looks to establish a foothold above $80,000.

BTC's Coinbase premium. (Coinglass)

Finance

Mirae Asset eyes $109 billion crypto empire after acquiring Digital X

Park Hyeon-joo, Mirae Asset Financial Group’s founder, outlined his ambitious stablecoin, RWAs, and STOs plan for Digital X, formerly known as Korbit, in an event for his employees.

Park Hyeon-joo, Mirae Asset Financial chairman and founder. (Digital X/Press)


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Bitcoin steadies above $79,000 as ETF inflows hit longest streak since April

BTC held its ground Thursday as spot bitcoin ETFs logged an eighth straight day of net inflows, while altcoins drifted lower across the board.

Chart of net inflow/outflow streaks over 3 or more days.

Markets

BlackRock's Mitchnick says macro case for bitcoin is strengthening after record trading in positive week

BlackRock's head of digital assets shared his outlook for bitcoin after the company's spot BTC ETF, IBIT, hit record volume for a positive week.

IBIT's price and volume. (TradingView)

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