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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Markets

Stride Blockchain Will Move to ATOM-Powered Security Model

Stride's native token STRD trades 0.7% higher as the transition is expected to beef up the liquid staking protocol's security by several thousand percent.

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First Mover Americas: Reddit Community’s MOON Tokens Soar

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

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Bitcoin Cannot Remain Indifferent to Dollar Index for Long: Analyst

U.S dollar index's fate impacts global liquidity conditions, which, in turn, influences risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.

BTC and DXY (TradingView)

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Reddit Community Tokens Rocket as Rule Change Speculation Boosts MOON, BRICK

Reddit changed its Terms of Service recently where it now explicitly allows for trading Reddit's tokenized Community Points, one observer said while explaining the price rally.

MOON token's price (Coingecko)

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Levered Bullish Longs Getting Liquidated as Bitcoin Market Softens

CoinGlass data shows that in the last 24 hours, $116.38 million worth of futures bets were liquidated, with $85.68 in bullish long positions

Notional is launching a new leveraged lending product. (Shutterstock)

Finance

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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