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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QCP Capital, SBI Alpha Execute First Uncleared Crypto Options Trade on Regulated Platform Using Bitcoin as Collateral

The trade was executed on the regulated Clear Markets platform and involved bitcoin as collateral. The risk management techniques involved were consistent with ISDA's requirements for uncleared derivatives.

XRP futures volume beat SOL on Kraken. (geralt/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Options Volume Jumps to $3.3B as Price Rallies to Two-Month High

Traders are scrambling for bitcoin calls or bullish bets after the cryptocurrency's sudden rally to nearly $31,000.

Volumen mundial de trading de opciones de bitcoin. (Laevitas)

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Crypto Exchange BIT Unveils Options Market for Cardano's ADA Token

BIT's unified margin system allows ADA holders to trade options at a discount.

10x recommends short strangle. (Wance Paleri/Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Rallies as TradFi Players Jump Into Crypto

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 21, 2023.

(CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Trendline Breakout Suggests Continued Rally to $30.4K: Analyst

Bitcoin has rallied nearly 10% this week, confirming an end of a two-month downtrend.

Golden Gate Bridge (Casey Horner/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin June 2024 Expiry Futures and Options in High Demand Due to Halving: Deribit

The Panama-based exchange will launch the June 2024 bitcoin futures and options contracts on Thursday at 08:00 UTC.

(AhmadArdity/Pixabay)

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Cardano's ADA Paints 'Death Cross' Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

Moving average crossovers are lagging Indicators. That said, the latest death cross is consistent with the dour regulatory outlook.

Dark clouds (Michał Mancewicz/Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Tokenization Might Be a $5T Opportunity: Bernstein

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 20, 2023.

Digitally altered photo of a dollar bill (Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Is Becoming Illiquid at 147K a Month in Signal of Steady Accumulation

"The market appears to be in a period of quiet accumulation, which suggests an undercurrent of demand," one analyst said.

Bitcoin investors continue to accumulate coins, shrugging of market uncertainty. (Source: Elizabeth Kay/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Holds Steady as China Rate Cut Fails to Encourage Risk Taking

The risk-off mood is probably the market's way of telling China that rate cuts of 10 basis points are not enough to spur the slowing economy.

(Pixabay)