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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Finanzas

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)

Finanzas

$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)

Tecnología

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)

Mercados

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Still Stuck in Limbo

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

(CoinDesk)

Publicidad

Regulación

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)

Mercados

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.

Police do not cross tape at playground

Mercados

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)

Mercados

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)

Publicidad

Mercados

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)

Mercados

Bitcoin Bulls Face Setback as Monthly Stochastic Indicator Turns Lower: Analyst

At the end of August, bitcoin confirmed an overbought downturn in its monthly stochastic, a signal that has previously marked market peaks.

The stochastic indicator is signaling a loss of upward momentum. (mark1657/Pixabay)