Omkar Godbole

Managing Editor, Markets

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

Finance

First Mover Americas: New Bitcoin Use Case Is Buying Fuel Down Under

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for April 4, 2022.

Apr 4, 2022

Refueling gasoline (Tobias Titz/Getty images)

Markets

Waves' USDN Stablecoin Loses Peg, Drops 15% Amid Manipulation Scare

USDN's market capitalization had nearly doubled to $850 million in March.

Apr 4, 2022

Stablecoin USDN loses is peg. (Source: TradingView)

Markets

Post-Merge Ether Will Be a Commodity-Linked Bond, Could Rally to $10K, BitMEX Co-Founder Says

The post-Merge bond-like appeal and ESG-compliant label would make ether more attractive than other layer 1 cryptocurrencies, according to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes.

Apr 4, 2022