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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Bitcoin Drops Over 5% as Upbeat U.S. Factory Data Powers Dollar Index to Nearly 5-Month High

The U.S. factory activity unexpectedly expanded in March, data released Monday showed, sending the dollar index higher.

BTC's price chart

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Trading Volume on South Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Crashes 75%

Upbit's 24-hour crypto trading volume stood at $3.79 billion at press time, down 75% from the high of $15 billion on March 5, CoinGecko data show.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Becomes More Volatile Than Ether as Halving Approaches

Bitcoin's annualized 30-day historical or realized volatility rose to nearly 60% late last week, surpassing ether's 30-day realized volatility by nearly 10 percentage points.

The spread between BTC and ETH's 30-day historical volatility indices widened to nearly 10 percentage points late last week. (Kaiko)

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Ethena’s Prelaunch Futures Surge 22% as ENA Token Is Set to Go Live Next Week

The price surge implied that the token could debut with a market cap of over $500 million.

A trading chart on a computer. (Pexels/Pixabay)

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First Mover Americas: Tokenized Treasury Notes Surpass $1B

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 28, 2024.

U.S. Treasury Building (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Over $1B in U.S. Treasury Notes Has Been Tokenized on Public Blockchains

Tokenized Treasuries are digital representations of U.S. government bonds that can be traded as tokens on the blockchain.

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

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Bitcoin, Ether Could Witness Upside Volatility as $15B Options Expiry Looms

Dealer hedging could breed volatility at around $70,000, one observer said.

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First Mover Americas: HSBC’s Gold Token Introduced in HK

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 27, 2024.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin ETNs to Debut on London Stock Exchange

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 26, 2024.

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Soaring U.S. Debt Has Potential to Replay U.K.'s 2022 Market Shock, CBO Warns

Bitcoin and gold may already be pricing in a crisis scenario. Both recently set new record highs amid an elevated interest-rates environment worldwide.

Debt, money, deadline (geralt/Pixabay)