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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Marchés

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds Steady at $28K Before Fed Meeting

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

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30, 2022. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Fed Preview: Powell Likely to Raise Rates by 25 Basis Points Against Crypto Market's Hope for Status Quo

Not raising rates now may make it more difficult later, some analysts say.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Bitcoin's Price Rally Driven by Americans' Safe Haven Bid: Matrixport

The U.S. trading hours continue to be a major source of bullish pressure for bitcoin.

Manhattan, Estados Unidos. (wiggijo/Pixabay)

Marchés

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin, as Safety Play, Climbs Past $28K

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

Bitcoin is reaching new highs for the year. (Jim Smithson/Getty Images)

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Crypto Market Witnesses Odd Relationship Between Bitcoin, Ether Volatility Metrics

Bitcoin is in the spotlight as cracks emerge in the traditional banking system, one observer said, explaining the negative spread between ether and bitcoin implied volatility metrics.

(PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay)

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Fed, ECB and Others Take Coordinated Steps to Boost Dollar Liquidity; Bitcoin Tops $28K

The big move is aimed at avoiding a March 2020-like global dash for cash that saw investors sell everything, including bitcoin, for the U.S. dollar.

(Celyn Kang/Unsplash)

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Crypto Derivatives Protocol Volmex Finance's Bitcoin and Ether Volatility Charts Now Live on TradingView

Integration with TradingView promises global exposure to Volmex's implied volatility indexes for bitcoin and ether.

Crypto traders can now analyze trends in Volmex's bitcoin and ether volatility indexes on TradingView's platform. (TradingView)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Busts Through $26K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 17, 2023.

Up Arrows (Unsplash)

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Marchés

Bitcoin Breakout Puts $28K in View

The cryptocurrency's swift move above a resistance level dating back to August 2022 has strengthened the case for a continued rally.

Gráfico diario de bitcoin muestra un quiebre alcista. (Matrixport)

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Crypto Twitter Thinks the Fed's $297B Balance Sheet Expansion Is 'QE', but It's Not

According to some observers, the latest expansion in the central bank's balance sheet is not outrightly stimulative like the one seen following the coronavirus-induced crash of 2020.

Fed's balance sheet (Fred.stlouisfed.org)