Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team based in Mumbai, holds a masters degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) member. Omkar previously worked at FXStreet, writing research on currency markets and as fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desk at Mumbai-based brokerage houses. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.

Omkar Godbole

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Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $87K to 3-Month Low as Nasdaq Futures Dip, Yen Sparks Risk-Off Fears

BTC hits three-month as Nasdaq futures point to continued risk aversion in stocks and the anti-risk Japanese yen strengthens against the U.S. dollar.

Close up of two people's boots at the edge of an ice pool. (Janke Laskowski/unsplash)

Tech

USDe Issuer Ethena Labs Integrates Chaos Labs' Edge Proof of Reserves Oracles to Strengthen Risk Management

The Edge Proof of Reserves Oracles provide a real-time, transparent mechanism to verify that token issuers like Ethena hold sufficient reserves.

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Markets

Binance Open Bitcoin Futures Bets Jump by Over $1B as BTC Chalks Out Bearish Candlestick Pattern: Godbole

Futures activity hints at an influx of fresh shorts as Monday's bearish marubozu candle points to more losses ahead.

Open BTC futures bets rise as prices drop. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

Solana Plunges 14%, XRP, Dogecoin Down 8% as Crypto Market Sell-Off Worsens

Traders said the current bearish sentiment could be overblown and macroeconomic decisions were key to support market growth.

The crypto market has been sliding this week. (Pezibear/Pixabay)

Markets

Memecoins Under Fire as BTC Lullfest Below $100K Revives Memories of 2018

Attendees at Consensus saw memecoins as net negative for the broader crypto market. Some expected the SEC to approve ETFs tied to top altcoins.

BTC, Nasdaq may stabilize as JPY bull positioning looks overstretched. (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Solana Whales Increase Engagement in Bearish Options Plays on Deribit Amid SOL Meltdown and Impending Unlock

SOL put options accounted for most of the block trades that crossed the tape on Deribit last week.

The Q1 ended with a notable bearish BTC block options bet. (jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Supply Squeeze? Bybit Hacker Emerges as World's 14th-Largest ETH Holder

Ether trades 2% higher as the hacked ETH is seen as a permanently lost supply.

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Markets

Crypto Exchanges Start to Fill Bybit's $1.4B Hole as Hackers Move Stolen Funds

"At Bitget we strongly believe in supporting the community and everyone contributing towards the growth of crypto," company CEO Gracy Chen told CoinDesk.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Arthur Hayes Floats the Idea of Rolling Back Ethereum Network to Negate $1.4B Bybit Hack, Drawing Community Ire

"I would support it because we already voted no on immutability in 2016," Hayes said on X, while Ethereum community strongly criticized it.

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)