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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Markets

Ether Supply Squeeze? Bybit Hacker Emerges as World's 14th-Largest ETH Holder

Ether trades 2% higher as the hacked ETH is seen as a permanently lost supply.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Exchanges Start to Fill Bybit's $1.4B Hole as Hackers Move Stolen Funds

"At Bitget we strongly believe in supporting the community and everyone contributing towards the growth of crypto," company CEO Gracy Chen told CoinDesk.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Arthur Hayes Floats the Idea of Rolling Back Ethereum Network to Negate $1.4B Bybit Hack, Drawing Community Ire

"I would support it because we already voted no on immutability in 2016," Hayes said on X, while Ethereum community strongly criticized it.

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit Still in Talks to Be Acquired by Kraken: Source

A second source said U.S.-listed exchange Coinbase has also been kicking the tires of Deribit.

Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers (Extreme right) at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

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Markets

LIBRA Memecoin Fiasco Destroyed $251M in Investor Wealth, Research Shows

On-chain data tracked by Nansen shows 86% of traders lost money, a total of $251 million.

Rendering of a tunnel with walls of zeros and ones disappearing into the distance.

Markets

Crypto Has Moved Past FTX, Still Needs 24/7 Risk Management, Brevan Howard Digital CIO Says

Panelists discussed challenges and opportunities in crypto, including managing counterparty, credit and market risks 24/7.

Risk management dominos (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

TDX Strategies Announces Structured Products Linked to CoinDesk 20 Index

TDX’s structured offering tied to the CD 20 index will help investors balance risk and growth.

Handshake

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Zerocap Launches Australia’s First Tailored Crypto Product Linked to CoinDesk 20 Index

The new offering facilitates tailored and diversified exposure to digital assets

Sydney, Australia (CoinDesk archives)

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Markets

Ether ETFs Register $393M in Inflows This Month as Crypto Investors Turn Their Back on Bitcoin

Investors pivot to ether ETFs as Ethereum's impending Pectra upgrade is expected to bode well for cryptocurrency.

A pen lies on top of a spreadsheet printout (steinarhovland/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Coiled Like a Spring, a Breakout of This Range Is Coming: Van Straten

Bitcoin’s volatility is near one of its lowest levels in years, and it is primed for a short-term move.

Choppiness Index (Checkonchain)