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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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $41K in End of Week Rally

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

BTC price Jan. 26, 2024 (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds $40K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 25, 2024.

BTC price FMA, Jan. 25 2024 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Holds Above $40K Ahead of U.S. GDP, $5.8B Crypto Options Expiry

Traders have scaled back bets of aggressive rate cuts by the Federal Reserve ahead of the U.S. GDP report.

GDP (ram0nm/Pixabay)

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Ether Options Out of Sync With Bullish Sentiment on Street

The way ether options are priced suggests investor preference for bets that prices will fall, contradicting the bullish outlook presented by some analysts.

Examining a price chart (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $40K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 24, 2024.

BTC FMA Jan. 24 (CoinDesk)

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Fed Rate Cut Hopes Run Into Inflationary Red Sea Crisis

Disruptions to commercial shipping traffic via the Red Sea/Suez Canal route threaten to push up prices. That's an unwelcome development for bitcoin bulls.

Sea (ajs1980518/Pixabay)

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Someone Just Put Legendary '90s Video Game Doom on Dogecoin

The Ordinals technology, which started on Bitcoin, is now allowing developers to bring utility to the Dogecoin network.

(Minidogeart)

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Crypto Whales Hunt for Bargains As Bitcoin Prices Slide, Data Shows

Bitcoin traded at a fat premium on Bitfinex compared to the global average price over the weekend, hinting at bargain hunting by whales.

Whales feeding (Shutterstock)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slips Below $39K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 23, 2024.

Bitcoin price FMA, Jan. 23, 2024 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Indicator, Which Signaled Late 2023 Rally, Is About to Flash Bearish Signal

The Guppy Multiple Moving Average indicator is about to flash a red signal, indicating a strengthening of downward momentum.

(Hans-Jurgen Mager/Unsplash)

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