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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SHIB Long-Short Ratio Slides as Over $1.8M in Bullish Bets Liquidated

The long-short ratio in the perpetual futures market has fallen to 0.9298, indicating bearish sentiment among traders.

SHIB's price. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Traders’ Are Looking at a Key Data Point in Fed Meeting and It's Not Interest Rate Decision

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with a decision announcement scheduled for Wednesday at 18:00 UTC.

BTC price. (jonas-svidras/Pixabay)

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Shiba Inu Slides to Two-Month Low as Trump Threatens Khamenei, Demands Unconditional Surrender

SHIB experienced a 3.5% decline amid broader crypto market losses and U.S. stock market weakness.

SHIB's price. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Cash-Bitcoin Ratio Smashes Triangle Pattern; HYPE Rally May Be Over

Bitcoin cash has broken out of a triangle pattern against bitcoin.

Graphs, discussion (geralt/Pixabay)

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Polymarket Odds on U.S. Military Action Against Iran Slide as Trump Team Proposes Tehran Talks

Odds of U.S. military strike against Iran before July slide.

U.S. Army (Bumble Dee/Shutterstock)

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XRP Hits 12-Year Milestone With Over 2,700 Whales, Holding Over 1M XRP, Onchain Data Show

The payments-focused cryptocurrency has gained just 7.5% this year.

A whale leaps out of the sea.

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Deribit Sees Strong Demand From Institutions, Volume on Its Block RFQ Tool Reaches $23B in Four Months

The percentage of block trades via Deribit's RFQ increased to 27.5% this month, reflecting strong institutional demand.

Deribit's RFQ system gets best price for large crypto traders. (geralt/Pixabay)

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Hyperliquid's HYPE Becomes Fifth Largest Token in Futures Trading; XRP Remains Ahead

The dollar value of HYPE futures open interest is $2.06 billion, still lower than XRP futures.

Futures trading. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

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