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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Number of wallets with 1 million XRP is rising again

On-chain data points to underlying demand for XRP as ETFs pull in over $90 million.

XRP symbol on top of dollar bills. (Unsplash/CoinDesk)

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First gold and silver, now oil is starting to rally and that's bad news for bitcoin

Higher oil prices could add to inflation, making it harder for the Fed to cut rates rapidly.

North Sea oil rig. Credit: Shutterstock

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Federal Reserve holds policy steady as early rate cut bets vanish and bitcoin stalls

The January Fed rate decision capped a sharp reversal in easing expectations, likely among the reasons for crypto's poor price performance.

Federal Reserve logo highlighted on a U.S. banknote (joshua-hoehne/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bullish bitcoin traders grab crash protection as Friday's $8.9 billion expiry nears

Bitcoin and ether options worth billions of dollars are set to expire this Friday.

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Altcoins jump as dollar slides, bitcoin holds steady: Crypto Markets Today

The Dollar Index hit a four-year low, while altcoins surged led by HYPE, JTO and Solana memecoin PIPPIN.

US dollars loan (Frederick Warren/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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HYPE token's 50% surge is a story of crypto-traditional market convergence, treasury firm says

HYPE has surged 50%, outperforming bitcoin, ether and the CoinDesk 20 index by a big margin.

HYPE's price rise in candlestick format. (CoinDesk)

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Here's how China's response to Trump tariffs silently rocks bitcoin

China’s exports remain resilient under U.S. tariffs as the yuan stays tightly managed, sending ripples all the way to the crypto market.

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping (Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images)

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Top stablecoins shrink as crypto cash flees, posing risk to bitcoin's bounce

USDC leads the decline in the market cap of top stablecoins, posing risk to crypto market valuations.

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