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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Celsius Estate Settles With Series B Holders Over Proceeds of GK8 Sale

Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital purchased self-custody platform GK8 from Celsius in December as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: BNB Is Being Heavily Shorted

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

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices (Unsplash, Kanchanara)

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1inch Token Surges 58% as Daily Trading Volume Spikes to 20-Month High; Investor Moves $3.7M to Binance

Open interest across 1inch trading pairs also surged from $14 million to $125 million during the move.

1inch chart (TradingView)

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BNB Token Is Being Heavily Shorted, Perpetual Futures Show

Funding rates in perpetual futures tied to BNB are most negative in nearly three months.

BNB open interest-weighted funding rate (Coinglass)

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First Mover Americas: XRP Gains 66% on Ripple’s Partial Court Victory

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 14, 2023.

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Bitcoin's Crypto Market Dominance Slides by Most in 13 Months as XRP Court Ruling Spurs 'Alt Season' Talk

Bitcoin's share of the crypto market tanked on Thursday while altcoins rallied after a U.S. court threw a spanner in the SEC's plans to regulate digital assets.

Bitcoin's dominance rate. (TradingView)

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XRP Overtakes BNB to Become 4th Largest Cryptocurrency; Funding Rates Surge

XRP's market capitalisation surged by more than 60% to $41.44 billion in the past 24 hours.

Top cryptocurrencies by market value (CoinDesk Indices)

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First Mover Americas: Crypto AI Tokens Rally After Musk Unveils New Company

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 13, 2023.

SingularityNET (AGIX) 7-day price chart (Messari)

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Bitcoin Options Traders Shrug Off Post-CPI Choppy Price Action

The mood in the options market remains positive even as the cryptocurrency struggles to build upside momentum on the back of a bullish U.S. inflation report.

BTC's choppy price action. (CoinDesk/HIghCharts.com)

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Bitcoin Breakout Above $31K Elusive as Shorts Pile In

Bitcoin has failed twice this week to scale the $31,000 mark, with open interest in stablecoin-margined futures rising on both occasions.

Dice (955169/Pixabay)

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