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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Solana, Dogecoin, XRP Plunge 10% as Bloody Start to Week Sees $770M Long Liquidations

Traders of BTC-tracked products lost $238 million in the past 24 hours, majorly in early European and Asian afternoon hours.

A brown bear waving. (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin May Be 'Double Topping' for a Price Slide to $75K

BTC looks to be forming a double top bearish reversal pattern on the daily chart.

BTC has recently put in twin peaks above $122K. (lin2015/Pixabay)

Markets

ANALYSIS: AI Tokens Are the Real Losers of the DeepSeek Revolution

Artificial Intelligence tokens have a market cap in the billions, and pools of capital startups would be jealous of. But they got beat by a lean, efficient team.

(Paola Ocaranza/Unsplash)

Markets

TRUMP Memecoin Draws Eyes, But Leaves Crypto Market Without Fresh Investment: Web3 Expert

The hot ball of money moved around, leaving the total crypto market cap listless, Mirai Labs' Garrison Yang told CoinDesk.

Trump's BTC reserve comprises of coins seized in enforcement actions. (hoekstrarogier/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Steady Near $104K After Bank of Japan Delivers Hawkish Rate Hike

Risk assets, including BTC, held steady while the Japanese yen rose after the BOJ hiked rates to the highest in 17 years.

BTC's price. (CoinDesk)

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Here Are Two Reasons Why XRP Price May Slide: Godbole

CME's denial of XRP futures contradicts the optimism seen earlier this month, as technicals point to weakening of the uptrend.

Slide. (GuentherDillingen/Pixabay)

Markets

Ethereum Layer-2 Protocols Achieve Record Transaction Throughput

Layer 2 protocols are faster than ever in processing transactions, according to data source growthepie.xyz.

Layer 2s process transactions at a record speed. (Boskampi/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Is Like Coiled Spring Nearing Burst of Price Volatility, Key Indicator Suggests

Volatility bulls might want to pull up the 60-day price range indicator on their screens as it's hinting at heightened BTC price turbulence.

A coiled spring. (analogicus/Pixabay)