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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Mercados

Ribbon Finance Settles First On-Chain Ether 'Autocallable' With Marex and MEV Capital

The onchain execution of structured products promises transparency to investors and eliminates counterparty risks.

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First Mover Americas: Curve Finance Exploit Puts More Than $100M of Crypto at Risk

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 31, 2023.

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Curve Finance's Token Surges 500% on Bithumb After Major Exploit

The CRV/KRW pair listed on South Korea's Bithumb exchange has decoupled from the CRV/USD pairs listed on Western exchanges that exhibit price weakness.

CRV's price in Korean won terms (TradingView)

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Crypto Futures Show Bias for Uniswap's UNI Token After Curve Finance Exploit

UNI perpetual futures trade at 20% premium as traders expect Uniswap to gain even more market share after the CRV exploit, one research head said.

Interest in Uniswap's UNI token rose after the Curve Finance exploit. (Unsplash)

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SEC Told Coinbase to Stop Trading in All Cryptos Except Bitcoin Before Suing: FT

Armstrong said the SEC recommendation left them no choice but to head to court.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: Grayscale Urges SEC for Equal Treatment of Spot Bitcoin ETF Applications

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 28, 2023.

Grayscale ad (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Bulls Should Switch to Call Options, Crypto Services Provider Matrixport Says

Lower volatility has made option prices cheaper, Matrixport's Markus Thielen said.

Matrixport has advised jumping to bullish bitcoin call options as low volatility has made option prices cheaper. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

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Bitcoin Steady Above $29K, Bond Yields Rise as BOJ Makes Yield Curve Control More Flexible

BOJ announced a proper yield curve control tweak with semantics that camouflaged the hawkish move.

Bank of Japan's tweak to its bond buying program had little effect on bitcoin. (Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Erases Losses, Holds Near $29.3K as Nasdaq Gains Nearly 2%

Friday morning brought more welcome U.S. economic data, with the PCE Price Index – the Fed's preferred inflation gauge – dipping further in June.

Bitcoin rebounds to cross $29.5K on Friday (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: BTC and ETH CME Futures See Record Participation From Big Traders

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 27, 2023.

(AhmadArdity/Pixabay)