Omkar Godbole

Managing Editor, Markets

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

Markets

Crypto Funding Rates Reset After Bitcoin's Sharp Pullback From $69K

The market-wide resetting of funding rates means potential for a more long-lasting move to record highs in bitcoin.

Mar 6, 2024

Funding rates have normalized with bitcoin's overnight price pullback. (Velo Data)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Price Eyes Record This Week

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 5, 2024.

Mar 5, 2024

A user examines prices on a mobile phone while looking at a graph on a laptop

Markets

Bitcoin's Price Rally May Add to Inflation. Here's Why

The so-called wealth effect from unrealized crypto-market gains, which is estimated to be stronger than stocks, could boost consumer spending and inject demand-pull inflation into the U.S. economy.

Mar 5, 2024

Markets

Deribit's Bitcoin Volatility Index Signals Price Turbulence, Hits 16-Month High

The surging implied volatility has boosted the allure of "call overwriting" strategies that allow investors to generate additional yield on top of their spot market holdings.

Mar 5, 2024