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

Bitcoin’s biggest DeFi drawback under attack as OpNet unlocks smart contracts on mainnet

Bitcoin’s biggest limitation is being challenged as OpNet brings native, yield-generating DeFi directly to the Bitcoin mainnet.

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Crypto.com cuts 12% of staff as it integrates AI across the business for efficiency

The exchange laid off about 180 employees as it restructures and rolls out enterprise-wide AI to drive efficiencies.

Crypto.com (Jesse Hamilton/Coindesk)

Markets

Venus’ XVS token plunges 9% as exploit leaves protocol with bad debt

The exploit, which occurred on March 16, didn’t appear to impact XVS prices until analysis showed major holders moving large amounts to exchanges.

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

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Bitcoin slips below $70,000 as oil surge, Fed pause weigh on risk assets

BTC dipped below $70,000 as energy prices spiked and the Fed held interest rates, pressuring crypto and equities.

Oil rig operating during the sunset (Maria Lupan/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin OGs dump over $100 million in BTC after hawkish Fed dents rate cut hopes

OGs sell as Fed's hawkish stance on rates pressures crypto and other risk assets.

A key market metric known as the "stETH discount" suggests market speculation that Celsius Network might dump a big stake. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Forget market hours: Leading ETP firm just opened 24/7 liquidity for tokenized stocks, gold and money market funds

ETP market giant Flow Traders just launched 24/7 over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity service for tokenized assets.

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Markets

The era of cheap money is over as the Iran war creates a permanent 'inflation floor'

The Iran war is creating a permanent inflation floor that could end the era of cheap money and expose the fragility of global energy markets.

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Bitcoin holds steady at $74,000 as traders turn cautious before Fed meeting

BTC consolidated with subdued volatility, while derivatives positioning and macro uncertainty signaled cautious market sentiment.

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)