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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Finance

Securitize, Computershare open path for $70 trillion in U.S. stocks to move onchain

The tie-up between the tokenization specialist and transfer agent giant lets public companies issue blockchain-based shares without changing market structure.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Finance

MoonPay acquires Israeli crypto security firm Sodot in $100 million stock deal

The acquisition gives MoonPay the security infrastructure for a new institutional business led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham.

Calculator next to price charts (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin rebounds from key support as traders eye renewed push toward $80,000

BTC climbs after holding at the $75,600 support level while derivatives signal de-risking, and speculative flows build in memecoins ahead of tech earnings.

BTC chart (CoinDesk Data)

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There's a social media groundswell predicting bitcoin above $90,000. That might be a problem.

The crowd is heavily leaning bullish, and that's often a contrarian signal, according to Santiment.

Hidden in a crowd.

Markets

Pump.fun has been using all its revenue to burn its token. Now it’s changing course

The Solana memecoin launchpad will now split revenue evenly between buybacks and operations, replacing a nine-month policy that funneled every dollar into burning PUMP.

Pump.fun

Markets

Canada proposes ban on crypto ATMs as fraud cases mount

Canada's Liberal government calls machines a “primary method” for scams as data and law enforcement link them to rising losses

Canada parliament

Markets

'Crypto Godfather' says bitcoin has not reached its bottom and a new all-time high is off the table for 2026

The early bitcoin investor and author of Bitcoin Supercycle says bitcoin needs to drop to about $57,000 sometime in October before beginning its ascent. A market analyst disagrees.

Michael Terpin. (Michael Terpin)

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Crypto traders turn cautious as bitcoin loses steam below $80,000

Bitcoin drops after repeated resistance at $80,000, taking ether with it, while derivatives and macro signals point to reduced risk appetite and subdued volatility.

BTC/USD (TradingView)

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