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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Bitcoin slips as U.S. inflation fails to spark gains, ETFs see August's first two-day drawdown

Spot bitcoin ETFs saw back-to-back outflows for the first time since late July as the largest cryptocurrency wiped out last week's gains and altcoins struggled to find direction.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $63,000; MSCI threatens to exclude Strategy from indices

WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.

BTC price past 24 hours

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Cluster of headwinds weigh on bitcoin. XRP teeters near $1

Top cryptocurrencies nurse losses as regulatory picture sours. ETF flows and traditional markets offer little support.

Top tokens face several headwinds. (Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin holders Strategy and Metaplanet face stock-index exclusion under MSCI’s new proposal

A new consultation targets "non-operating companies" broadly. Two familiar names still land on the deletion list.

MSCI's new proposal puts Strategy and Metaplanet in crosshairs. (MSCI)

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JPMorgan shuttered its banking relationship with predictions platform Polymarket: FT

According to Financial Times, JPMorgan ended its banking relationship with Polymarket in late 2025 over regulatory concerns.

JPMorgan building (CoinDesk glitch)

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Forecasts for $1 million bitcoin price likely look too ambitious, key ratio suggests

The thesis is that high yields on long-term U.S. Treasuries make non-yielding assets like bitcoin less attractive.

How realistic is bitcoin hitting $1 million? (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin holds steady near $64,000 as monero, hyperliquid outperform

Crypto markets remain in a low volatility holding pattern, trading in a tight range following Wednesday's CPI report.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Live updates: Bitcoin slips back even as Fed rate hike expectations dwindle

An in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky.

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