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, ether whipsaw wipes out $286 million in leveraged bets

Price volatility around the Federal Reserve's rate decision cleared positions for roughly 90,000 traders, with unusually equal losses for bulls and bears.

Bitcoin, ether whipsaw wipes out $280 million even as prices remain flat over 24 hours. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin analysts agree the Fed's hold was hawkish. They are split on what happens next.

Four analysts agree the Fed's hawkish hold changes the calculus for risk assets, but they split on whether bitcoin's real test is already here or still six weeks away.

split, arrows. (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin steadies above $64,000 as crypto looks to Fed interest-rate decision

BTC added 0.75% before the Federal Reserve's rate decision. Inflation at 4.1% keeps an increase firmly on the table even as oil prices ease.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk data)

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Markets

Binance offers gold and silver options after commodity futures pull in billions in daily volume

The crypto exchange unveils commodity options following strong uptake for gold and silver perps.

Piles of gold and silver bars. (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Policy

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism

The charges could result in life imprisonment, escalating an investigation that has already led to over 100 million rubles in fines for the platform this year.

Telegram app on a smartphone (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin edges above $64,000 as Fed holds policy steady

The formerly popular names in AI infrastructure continued their sharp selloff on Wednesday.

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

Markets

Citadel Securities bets on a Fed rate hike Wednesday as bitcoin analysts call a hold. Someone will be wrong.

Citadel's macro team says Wednesday's hike isn't about the data. It's about Warsh's best shot at making a surprise actually count before the market stops being surprised.

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

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Markets

Bitcoin drops as South Korean stocks tumble, Senate shelves crypto Clarity Act

BTC shed 2% as South Korea's Kospi plunged 11% and the U.S. Senate shelved the Clarity Act, leaving the market facing a pivotal Fed decision on Wednesday.

BTC price (CoinDesk data)

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