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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Billion-Dollar Volumes and Then a Steep Drop Prompts Allegations of Wash Trading on Aevo

In response, Aevo says customers suddenly traded more on its decentralized exchange to try to get some of its airdrop.

Aevo volume (DefiLlama)

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Bitcoin's Correlation to Nvidia Strongest in Over a Year

The 90-day and 52-week correlation between bitcoin and Nasdaq-listed chip maker Nvidia is well above 0.80.

Chain (analogicus/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Tumbles to $67K as Asia Begins Trading Day

Over $100 million in bitcoin long positions have been wiped out as the world's largest digital asset fell from $70K.

BTC Price March 15 (CoinDesk)

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Layer 2 Blockchains Become Cheaper After Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade

The upgrade allows layer 2 solutions to store data in "blobs" instead of the expensive call data.

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Beware of Bitcoin's 'Rising Wedge,' Chart Analyst Says

"Normally rising wedges resolve bearish," crypto analyst and trader Josh Olszewicz told CoinDesk.

Slow sign. (stevepb/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Ether Options Traders Prepare for Downside

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 12, 2024.

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Markets

Ether Put Demand Signals Weakness After $4K Price Breakout

By locking in the right to sell ETH at a specified price, options traders are preparing for short-term weakness after the cryptocurrency hit a two-year high.

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This Bitcoin Bull Run Is Breeding Millionaire Whales at Slower Pace, Data Show

Currently, less than 2,000 millionaires, or wallets with $1 million worth of bitcoin, are created daily. That's significantly lower than the 2020-21 bull run.

Whales feeding (Shutterstock)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Surpasses $71K, Reaches All-Time High

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 11, 2024.

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Bitcoin CME Futures' Open Interest Reaches Record High of $10B

Notional open interest refers to the dollar value of the active or open futures contracts at a given time.

Open interest in CME bitcoin futures. (Velo Data)