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

Crypto Markets Today: BTC Wilts After First Red October Since 2018

Charts indicate growing risk of a deeper decline to $100,000 or below, with consistent bias for put options in the options market.

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Markets

BTC’s 'Indecision' Problem: Here's What the Market Is Trying to Tell Us

BTC's monthly chart shows indecision at record highs.

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Markets

Why Did Fed Inject $29.4B in Liquidity And What Does It Mean for Bitcoin?

While the move helps avoid potential liquidity crises that could damage financial markets, it falls short of being as stimulative to risk assets as the Fed's other moves, such as QE.

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

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Markets

'HOPIUM' for Bitcoin Price Bulls

A long-term moving average indicator offers hope to bitcoin bulls.

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Markets

Protect Bitcoin Exposure With Ether Shorts: Research Firm

The relative weakness in ETH is evident from host of factors, including DATs and options.

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Markets

Bitcoin Plunges Below Critical 200-Day Average as Dollar Surges to 3-Month High

BTC's losses follow positive developments in U.S.-China trade relations.

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Finance

WisdomTree Debuts 14 Tokenized Funds on Plume Network

As part of the rollout, Galaxy Digital said it will allocate $10 million to WisdomTree’s Government Money Market Digital Fund

Plume co-founders Teddy Pornprinya and Chris Yin (Plume, modified by CoinDesk)

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This Bitcoin Market Dynamic Commands Attention as Prices Surge Past $110K Ahead of $13B Options Expiry

Key market dynamic points to potential for heightened market volatility ahead of Friday's options expiry.

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Markets

BTC Drops, Then Pops, as Trump Lowers China Tariffs

However, bitcoin and other non-yielding assets may benefit in the coming months as liquidity returns and investors rotate out of cash-heavy positions into growth and alternative stores of value.

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