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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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.

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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.

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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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Shiba Inu Futures Open Interest Hits Highest Since December

Shiba inu's (SHIB) derivative market is heating up as traders shift their focus from bitcoin to the broader cryptocurrency market.

SHIB. (CoinDesk)

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