Omkar Godbole

Managing Editor, Markets

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

Crypto Daybook Americas

U.S. hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin — unless wages spoil the party

Your day-ahead look for May 8, 2026

8 hours ago

Finance

Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outage

Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.

9 hours ago

The "eggs now out of budget" Coinbase ad censured by the Advertising Standards Authority. (Sheldon Reback/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin retreats below $80,000, liquidating $300 million in futures bets

BTC fell under $80,000 after U.S. strikes in Iran sent oil briefly above $100, triggering liquidations and a shift toward bearish positioning.

10 hours ago

Markets

S&P 500 call options volume surges to record $2.6 trillion. Here's what it means for bitcoin

As Wall Street chases upside in stocks like never before, the implications for bitcoin appear bullish, though with an important caveat.

11 hours ago

Trading prices displayed on a monitor screen.( AhmadArdity /Pixabay)

Markets

Consensus panelists explain why Perp DEXes remain a tough sell for institutional investors

Panelists at Consensus Miami said institutional investors are still largely absent from perp DEXs, citing security risks and KYC friction as key barriers.

13 hours ago