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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Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs slip back to outflows while ether funds extend their streak

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $84 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million

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Bank of Japan may speed up rate hikes, pushing borrowing costs above 2%, ex-BOJ official warns

Former BOJ official issues interest-rate warning as yen continues to slide against the dollar.

Bank of Japan. (Credit: By Wiiii-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Crypto and stocks tumble after Trump declares ceasefire 'over' following Iran strikes

Bitcoin fell, altcoins slid after Trump said the ceasefire with Iran is "over" as U.S. and Iran traded airstrikes.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Reserve Bank of India still favors crypto prohibition to curtail tax evasion: Reuters

Indian regulators maintained a hawkish stance despite the growing embrace of digital assets and technology by governments worldwide.

Indian flag (Naveed Ahmed/Unsplash)

Tech

Validators embrace XRP Ledger's recent upgrade. But not everyone’s on board yet

The new software leads among the network's validators, yet by node count it sits behind the older v3.1.3, and the security amendment bundled with it remains a separate, slower vote. The upgrade needs 80% of the trusted validator list to activate.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

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Live markets: Bitcoin drops to $62,000 as oil and bond yields surge on collapse of Iran ceasefire

Hedge funds have turned the most bearish on the yen since 2007, boosting bets on further losses to nearly 138,000 contracts as of June 30.

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Bitcoin under pressure as Trump says Iran ceasefire is over

Major cryptocurrencies are trading in the red as renewed U.S.-Iran airstrikes push oil higher.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

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Finance

Coinbase secures UK authorization to offer traditional investments alongside crypto

The license allows institutional traders to access perpetual futures and gives U.K. retail customers the ability to trade equities to begin with.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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