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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First Mover Americas: GBTC Discount Continues to Narrow; Reddit’s Crypto Tokens Plummet

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 18, 2023.

Grayscale ad (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Ether Could Continue to Underperform Bitcoin as U.S. Bond Market 'Dis-Inversion' Resumes

The spread between yields on 10-year and three-month Treasury notes has resumed the recovery toward zero. Ether has a strong inverse correlation with the yield spread than bitcoin.

El mercado bajista y la caída en el volumen de trading pesan sobre Coinbase. (Olen Gandy, Unsplash)

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Spot Bitcoin ETF Approvals Could Add $1 Trillion to Crypto Market Cap, CryptoQuant Says

Blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant’s models predict that $155 billion will flow into the bitcoin market cap should the ETFs be approved.

BitcoinETF: What Comes Next?

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First Mover Americas: FTX Proposes Returning Up to 90% of Customer Funds

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

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Day Ahead: U.S. Retail Sales Data to Test Dollar Buoyancy

Soft data would challenge the "U.S. exceptionalism" story and may hurt the dollar, paving the way for a positive bitcoin price action.

Real world assets are increasingly being seen as a growth area in crypto and TradFi. (Claudio Schwarz/.Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Lido Finance Sunsets Solana Staking Product After DAO Vote

The staking service for SOL tokens will be discontinued over the coming months, developers said.

LocalBItcoins is sunsetting its exchange. (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin's Rising Dominance Rate Challenges Altcoin Boom From 2021

Bitcoin's dominance rate (index), which measures the top cryptocurrency's share in the total crypto market, touched a 2.5-year high of 52.45% on Monday.

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Trading Bitcoin on Binance Got Tougher During the ETF Rumor Frenzy: Kaiko

Several traders experienced 'slippage' as liquidity declined across major exchanges.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Spot ETFs Inch Closer to Reality in U.S.

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 16, 2023.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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GameFi Token BIGTIME Rallies 250% in First Week; Analysts Raise Supply Concerns

BIGTIME debuted on select exchanges, including OKX and Coinbase, last Wednesday.

BIGTIME's price (Coingecko)

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