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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Policy

Dubai Approves Circle's Stablecoins USDC and EURC for Use in DIFC

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) approved USDC and EURC as recognized crypto tokens within the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Circle's logo on a building (Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders 'Buy the Dip' as BTC Price Slips Below $88K, Kraken Says

Traders are buying the dip, lifting the perpetual futures long-short ratio, Kraken's Alexia Theodorou told CoinDesk.

BTC's spot price meltdown. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether on the Verge of ‘Death Cross’ Pattern; SOL, DOGE, BNB Below 200-Day Average

Ether is on the verge of slipping into a death cross, an ominous momentum indicator, with a mixed record of predicting price trends.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Slides Below $87K to 3-Month Low as Nasdaq Futures Dip, Yen Sparks Risk-Off Fears

BTC hits three-month as Nasdaq futures point to continued risk aversion in stocks and the anti-risk Japanese yen strengthens against the U.S. dollar.

Close up of two people's boots at the edge of an ice pool. (Janke Laskowski/unsplash)

Tech

USDe Issuer Ethena Labs Integrates Chaos Labs' Edge Proof of Reserves Oracles to Strengthen Risk Management

The Edge Proof of Reserves Oracles provide a real-time, transparent mechanism to verify that token issuers like Ethena hold sufficient reserves.

(tungnguyen0905/Pixabay)

Markets

Binance Open Bitcoin Futures Bets Jump by Over $1B as BTC Chalks Out Bearish Candlestick Pattern: Godbole

Futures activity hints at an influx of fresh shorts as Monday's bearish marubozu candle points to more losses ahead.

Futures trading. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

Solana Plunges 14%, XRP, Dogecoin Down 8% as Crypto Market Sell-Off Worsens

Traders said the current bearish sentiment could be overblown and macroeconomic decisions were key to support market growth.

The crypto market has been sliding this week. (Pezibear/Pixabay)

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Markets

Memecoins Under Fire as BTC Lullfest Below $100K Revives Memories of 2018

Attendees at Consensus saw memecoins as net negative for the broader crypto market. Some expected the SEC to approve ETFs tied to top altcoins.

BTC, Nasdaq may stabilize as JPY bull positioning looks overstretched. (geralt/Pixabay)

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