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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Crypto bulls on firmer footing as U.S. rate-hike risk recedes

Crypto ended the week in a more buoyant state after weak U.S. jobs data reduced the chances of a Fed interest-rate increase and Uniswap gained on a link-up with Robinhood.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Tokenization could make finance faster, but also more susceptible to shocks, IMF says

Tokenization could make finance faster and cheaper. It also makes it more vulnerable to sudden shocks, the International Monetary Fund said.

Blockchain (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin ETFs see $221 million inflow, finally ending a painful 10-day selling streak

Spot ETFs had their strongest inflow day in two months, driven by funds other than BlackRock’s IBIT.

Pedestrians pass a Fidelity Investments office in Boston. (Getty Images)

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Smaller tokens lead as bitcoin, sol rally in 'first real bounce of the selloff'

Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies rebounded on dovish Federal Reserve signals, with speculative tokens like Memecore’s M and Audiera’s BEAT leading gains.

Chart of CoinDesk 20 Index showing a 24-hour gain of 4.77%

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Taiko fully restores cross-chain bridge just 10 days after a $1.7 million hack

The protocol completed a multi-stage recovery that included an independent security review. The TAIKO token has surged as much as 136% in recent trading.

Open sign (Richard Balog/Unsplash)

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Solana launches onchain governance and sets entry fee at 100,000 SOL staked

Validators and the people who stake with them can now formally signal where the network should go through a new system called Solana Governance Proposals. Any validator with 100,000 SOL behind it can open one, and stakers can overrule how their validator votes.

Solana sign (CoinDesk)

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