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 Spot Market August Trading Volume Hits 4.5-Year Low as Volatility Fails to Spur Activity

Volatility following the Grayscale's court victory over the SEC failed to translate into trading volumes on centralized exchanges, CCData said.

Crypto monthly spot vs derivatives trading volume (CCData)

Finance

Depressed Crypto Markets, Regulatory Risks Fail to Dissuade Asset Managers From Investing

Almost half the 60 buy-side professionals surveyed from U.S. and European-based asset managers and hedge funds said they're actively managing digital assets.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

$500B Korean Asset Manager Mirae Taps Polygon Labs in Securities Tokenization Drive

Mirae Asset Securities is teaming up with Ethereum scaling solution Polygon Labs to develop a tokenized securities network and accelerate adoption of Web3 technologies.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Tech

Publicly Traded Korean Firm Neowiz To Build Games on Avalanche Network

Intella X, Neowiz’s Web3 arm, has joined Avalanche Arcad3 to build blockchain games in the crazed market.

(Oatawa/Getty Images)

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2023.

(CoinDesk)

Policy

Russian Lawmaker Predicts That Digital Ruble Will Displace Banks

Soon it will be possible to get a loan in the digital ruble and decisions will be made by a robot, Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the State Duma Banking Committee, said, expressing his opinion in a meeting.

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Set to Form Death Cross as Dollar Index Teases Golden Crossover

A death cross indicates a potential long-term bearish shift in momentum while a golden cross suggests the opposite.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Treads Water Below $26K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 5, 2023.

BTC Sept. 05 2023 (CoinDesk)

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Markets

Deribit Sees 17% Growth in Crypto Derivatives Trading Volume in August, Led by Options

Deribit registered an increase in crypto derivatives trading volume even as global activity declined by 12.1% to around $1.6 trillion.

Top crypto exchanges: monthly derivatives volume trends (Coingecko, Deribit)

Markets

The Relationship Between Bitcoin and Interest Rates Is Breaking Down: Arthur Hayes

The steepest Fed rate hike cycle in decades should have killed bitcoin and other risk assets, but a new relationship between the two are forming, Hayes argued in a Tuesday keynote at the ongoing Korea Blockchain Week.

Arthur Hayes at Korea Blockchain Week 2023. (Factblock)