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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Shiba Inu Tanks 7% With Broader Market, But Outperforms DOGE

Despite falling below the 200-day SMA, SHIB remained above the Ichimoku cloud, indicating a potentially bullish long-term trend.

SHIB. (CoinDesk)

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XRP's July Uptrend Threatened as Bitcoin's $120K Price Resistance Holds

XRP breaks the July uptrend line as BTC's MACD hints at a bearish shift in momentum.

XRP prone to profit taking. (shutterstock_248427865)

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Fartcoin Jumps to Top 10 Based on Derivatives Open Interest, Signals Speculative Frenzy in the Solana-Based Memecoin

Smaller cryptocurrencies show disproportionately high open interest compared to market cap, signaling potential risk for traders.

Casino, roulette table. (whekevi/Pixabay)

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Disguised Unemployment in Blockchain? Data Shows Only 12% of Ethereum, 25% of Solana Protocols Have Revenue

A large number of protocols on the two chains haven't captured any value lately, in what looks like on-chain version of disguised unemployment.

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Backed Finance's Tokenized Stocks Product Volume Jumps to $300M

Backed Finance's tokenized U.S. equities product, xStocks, has surpassed $300 million in trading volume within four weeks of launch.

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XRP Hits All-Time High Before Forming Bearish Double Top Pattern, Ether Prints 'Doji'

ETH prints a Doji on the daily chart as XRP teases a double top on intraday charts.

XRP prone to profit taking. (shutterstock_248427865)

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Leveraged Bearish Strategy ETF Pulls in Millions at Record Lows

The bargain hunting at record lows accompanies outflows from its 2x bullish counterpart, MSTX.

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Trump Media's $2B Bitcoin Buy Challenges Halving Cycle Wisdom of BTC Peaking in 2025

Trump Media's BTC purchase is likely a signal of impending macroeconomic tailwinds.

U.S. President Donald Trump  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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