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 Block Traders See SOL Extending Gains, Surpassing $200 by End-June

Block traders piled into the $200 call option expiring on June 27.

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Privacy-Focused Zcash Tops Key Resistance Above $40 to Flash Bull Signal

The cryptocurrency had been trading in a narrow range since February, with resistance above $40 and support near $25.

GRYP Shares Soar Over 200% (Pexels/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Eyes Record High Above $109K as U.S. Cuts Tariffs on Chinese Goods to 30% From 145%

China said it will release a joint statement with the U.S. on what was achieved.

Hot air ballon. (bozziniclaudio/Pixabay)

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DOGE, XRP, ETH, SOL Follow Bitcoin Through the Cloud as Altcoin Momentum Builds

Top altcoins are mimicking BTC's late April bullish breakout that set the stage for a rally to $100,000.

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Bitcoin Sees Surge in Institutional Confidence, Deribit-Listed BTC Options Market Reveals

Panning out over just the last week shows a much bigger sign of institutional positioning on BTC, Deribit said.

The word "options" (Peggy_Marco/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin's Price Surge to $104K Liquidates Nearly $400M in Bearish BTC Bets, Opening Doors to Further Gains

The rally followed a U.K. trade deal announcement and record ETF inflows exceeding $40 billion.

BTC rally shakes out shorts. (Coinglass)

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Breakout Alert: Ether, Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Break Downtrends as DOGE, SHIB Bottom Out

ETH, BCH and top memecoins are flashing bullish chart patterns.

Close-up of the head of a statue of a bull (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

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Much-Awaited Fed Rate Cut May Not Come Before Q4, ING Says

Delayed rate cuts could be more aggressive when they happen, the investment bank said.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference

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