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 holds below $81,000 with Trump-Xi talks on the horizon

Bitcoin held steady before President Donald Trump's with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

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DTCC builds out blockchain-based collateral system with Chainlink integration

The platform tokenizes collateral on blockchain rails and uses smart contracts to enable 24/7 automated collateral management across financial markets.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

Markets

Bitcoin hovers above key support as equities, crypto retreat

Bitcoin and ether fell as escalating Middle East tensions lifted oil and the dollar, though BTC continued to hold above a key bull market level.

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Markets

Beyond IBIT: Bitcoin’s surprising link to sports betting ETF is getting harder to ignore

The Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (BETZ) and bitcoin share a strong positive correlation, with an interesting twist.

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Markets

Anthropic warns against unauthorized stock exposure as token markets imply trillion-dollar valuation

The AI firm says investors should assume indirect access to its private shares is invalid, and transfers of its stock or interests in its stock will not be recognized.

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Markets

Aave launches binding Arbitrum vote to move $71 million in disputed ETH

Arbitrum delegates begin the binding governance process to transfer disputed exploit funds to Aave, while North Korean terrorism creditors continue fighting for ownership in Manhattan court

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'Bitcoin transactions can be monitored’: Ray Dalio explains why central banks won’t touch BTC

Ray Dalio joins the privacy debate, saying Bitcoin’s full transparency makes it less likely to be adopted by central banks.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater. (CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin’s floor looks firmer at $80,000, but traders still don’t trust the breakout

BTC has recovered from Friday’s jobs-driven dip, but Enflux says overhead resistance remains intact while Glassnode’s market structure data suggests traders are buying the rally while still positioning for downside.

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