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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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin Record Is Job Only Half Done: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for July 11, 2025

Looking up a wooden ladder toward the sky.

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP Price Analysis: BTC Resistance at $120K?

Bitcoin's bullish momentum may face potential resistance at the $120,000 level.

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Markets

Bitcoin's 'Low Volatility' Rally From $70K to $118K: A Tale of Transition From Wild West to Wall Street-Like Dynamics

Bitcoin's recent bull run has been characterized by steady price increases and declining volatility, aligning more with traditional financial markets.

The BTC market has transformed to align more closely with Wall Street. (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High at $116k, Nearly $1B Shorts Get Liquidated: Markets Liveblog

Analysts and longtime industry participants weigh in on how this week's bitcoin price action resembles — or differs from — past bull runs.

Roller coaster. (Shutterstock)

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Markets

Open Interest in XRP Options Nears $100M as High Volatility Draws Yield Hunters

Market sentiment is bullish, with positive risk reversals indicating a preference for call options.

XRP's notional open interest. (Deribit)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Ether, AI Coins Steal Bitcoin’s Spotlight: Crypto Daybook Americas

Your day-ahead look for July 10, 2025

A single spotlight shines a blue-tinged beam against a dark background.

Markets

This Chart Points to a 30% Bitcoin Price Boom Ahead: Technical Analysis

IBIT's chart flashes a bullish pattern as BTC's spot price flirts with record highs.

Statue of a bull (ianproc64/Pixabay)

Markets

BlackRock's Spot Ether ETF Registers Record Trading Volume of 43M Amid Net Inflows of $158M

The ETF has seen significant investor inflows, with over $1 billion collected since June, indicating bullish market sentiment for ether.

BlackRock HQ in New York City (Getty Images)

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Shiba Inu Smashes Triangle Pattern Against Bitcoin, But Looks Weak Against Dogecoin

Institutional trading drove significant SHIB price gains, with strong resistance at around $0.00001250, CoinDesk's AI research noted.

SHIB price. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Increase Exposure as Trump's Pressure on Fed Pushes $15B Into BTC ETFs, Analyst Says

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs have attracted billions in investor capital over three months amid political pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut rates.

Under-positoned BTC bulls re-enter. (Obsahovka/Pixabay)

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