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

Bitcoin Poised to Top Record as Trump Inauguration Nears, Major Coins Due for 10% Swings: Traders

Wednesday's soft U.S. core CPI has opened doors for traders to focus on Trump's swearing in and the possibility of first-day pro-crypto announcement.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

XRP's Bullish Momentum Strongest Since January 2018 as Futures Open Interest Hits Record High

XRP's price rise is accompanied by record perpetual futures open interest and surge in trading volumes.

XRP, DOGE and JUP rally (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Tech

Indian Telecom Giant Jio Joins Hands With Polygon to Bring Web3 to Over 450M Users

Polygon's CEO hailed the partnership as a significant step forward for Web3 adoption in India.

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani (YouTube)

Markets

Stalled Stablecoin Supply Casts Doubt on BTC's Bullish Recovery as U.S. Inflation Report Looms

The combined supply of top four stablecoins has stabilized with barely any change over the 30-day period.

DXY and BTC. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Finance

Deribit CEO Confirms Strategic Investment Inquiries, Rules Out Takeover Report

The crypto options platform is reportedly working with FT Partners to assess takeover bids.

business handshake (shutterstock)

Markets

Options Tied to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Surge to Nearly 50% of Deribit's BTC Open Interest in Two Months

Options linked to BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) began trading on Nov. 19 and have since grown to half the size of Deribit's BTC options market.

(OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay)

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Is Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC's Price Action is Inverse of December Peak Above $108K

BTC's latest price action seems to contrast sharply with the uptrend exhaustion observed at record highs above $108K in mid-December.

Bottom of a swimming pool. (xing419/Pixabay)