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

Shiba Inu Recovers Amid Massive $36M Whale Transaction; Still Stuck in Downward Channel

SHIB outperforms BTC amid reports of a massive whale transaction.

SHIB/USD (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Bounce to Near $104K, Though Encouraging, Falls Short of Bull Revival

BTC's bearish H&S breakdown from Thursday is still valid.

(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Elon Musk Joins Bitcoin Maxis in Warning of ‘Potential’ U.S. Fiscal Collapse or Are We There Already?

A long-standing view of BTC maxis – that the U.S. fiscal policy is unsustainable – has received a nod from billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Musk warns of fiscal crisis.

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Markets

Ether Trader Bets Millions on ETH Blasting Above $3.4K by June-End

The bullish flow is consistent with the renewed optimism among some analysts about ether's price prospects.

(Getty Images)

Markets

Leveraged Bitcoin Longs on Bitfinex Weakest Since December and It Could Mean Rally Time

"When Long Positions drop, the price usually goes up," said one analyst.


Finance

Core Foundation, Bitcoin Layer 1 With Over $500M Staked BTC, Adds BitGo and KODA as Validators

Core Foundation has announced BitGo and KODA as new validators, enhancing institutional adoption of Bitcoin-native DeFi.

Core adds BitGo and KODA to the validator set. (Yamu_Jay/Pixabay)

Markets

Leverage Reconfigures in Q1: DeFi Recovers, CeFi Quietly Expands, Treasury Debt Mounts

Galaxy’s latest report shows crypto leverage fell overall, but structural shifts in DeFi, CeFi and treasury financing signal rising interdependence and hidden risk.

(Shutterstock)

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Markets

Bitcoin's 50-Day Average Hits Record High, but There's a Catch

The spread between the spot price and the 50-day SMA continues to narrow in a sign of waning momentum.

Cryptocurrencies are likely to surge in the coming days. (lizzyliz/Pixabay)

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