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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Los bonos de Coinbase y MicroStrategy caen mientras el colapso de FTX reduce la confianza institucional en el mercado cripto

Los altos rendimientos de los bonos reflejan el sólido aumento de las tasas de interés y el escepticismo genuino sobre la viabilidad a largo plazo de las criptomonedas entre los inversores institucionales, dijo un inversor.

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First Mover Americas: FTX Faces Whopping Claims, Ackman's Hot for Helium

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 21, 2022.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he likes the Helium Network. (AJ Bell/YouTube)

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More Than 50% of Bitcoin Addresses Are Now in Loss

Previous bear markets ended with the majority of addresses being out of the money, on-chain data shows.

La mayoría de las direcciones que poseen bitcoin ahora están perdiendo dinero por su inversión en la principal criptomoneda. (IntoTheBlock)

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Coinbase, MicroStrategy Bonds Tank as FTX Collapse Dents Institutional Confidence in Crypto

High bond yields are reflective of sharply higher interest rates as well as genuine skepticism about the long-term viability of crypto amongst institutional investors, one investor said.

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First Mover Americas: Binance.US Makes Another Run at Voyager Digital

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 17, 2022.

Changpeng Zhao's Binance.US had made a bid to acquire bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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Nayib Bukele, presidente de El Salvador, y Justin Sun de Tron comprarán un bitcoin por día

Bukele y Sun se comprometen a comprar un BTC todos los días a partir del jueves en medio de los temores de que el reciente colapso del exchange de criptomonedas FTX prolongara el actual invierno cripto.

Pequeña bandera ondeando en la parte superior del ayuntamiento en la ciudad de Santa Ana, El Salvador. (Getty Images)

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Voyager Token Surges on Report Binance to Offer Lifeline to the Bankrupt Crypto Lender

Voyager filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, citing more than 100,000 creditors and as much as $10 billion in assets and liabilities.

Voyager's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and Tron's Justin Sun to Buy One Bitcoin Every Day

Bukele and Sun commit to buy one BTC every day, starting from Thursday amid fears that crypto exchange FTX's recent collapse would prolong the ongoing crypto winter.

Pequeña bandera ondeando en la parte superior del ayuntamiento en la ciudad de Santa Ana, El Salvador. (Getty Images)

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First Mover Americas: FTX Fallout Reverberates Across Crypto-Land

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 16, 2022.

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Institutions Take Bearish Stance on Bitcoin, Create Arbitrage Opportunity

The record discount in the front-month bitcoin futures traded on the CME indicates institutions are biased bearish. The discount may attract arbitrageurs.

The record bitcoin futures discount suggests institutions are biased bearish. (Arcane Research)