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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Ethereum Gas Fee Surges to 12-Month High as PEPE Frenzy Grips Market

Users pay the fees, measured in fractions of ether (ETH) known as gwei, to execute transactions on the smart contract blockchain.

Pepe the Frog (PepeCoin's Twitter account)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Pushes Above $29K After Fed Rate Hike

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 4, 2023.

A finger draws an upward trending line on a chart (Unsplash)

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Pepecoin Funding Rates Remain Negative as Bears Proliferate

Negative funding rates indicate dominance of bearish positions in the perpetual futures market.

(Hazard/Rook)

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Bitcoin's Dominance Rate Surges After U.S. Banking Crisis

Bitcoin's outperformance during the banking crisis indicates the cryptocurrency is the anti-dollar liquid play for investors, one portfolio manager said.

Bitcoin's dominance rate vs the SPDR S&P regional banking ETF (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks Begins May on Top

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 3, 2023.

Policymakers will need to address financial stability risks, JPMorgan said. (Colton Sturgeon/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin, Ether Could Face Risks From Potential Short Squeeze in Dollar Index, QCP Capital Says

A short squeeze refers to a rally stemming from traders squaring off their bearish short positions.

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Fed Preview: Crypto Observers Believe Bitcoin Rally May Stall if Powell Does Not Signal End of Tightening

"We expect that Chair Powell may shy away from being definitive when it comes to a pause, which may disappoint the market," one crypto trader said.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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First Mover Americas: BRC-20 Tokens Skyrocket

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 2, 2023.

(Getty Images)

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Number of Stablecoins Held on Exchanges Slips to 2-Year Low

While stablecoins' exchange balance has dropped by 44% this year, bitcoin's price has rallied by 70%.

La cantidad de criptomonedas vinculadas al dólar estadounidense depositada en billeteras de exchanges cayó a su nivel más bajo desde mayo de 2021. (Glassnode)

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'Bitcoin Request for Comment' Tokens Surge to $137M in Market Value

The BRC-20 standard sounds like the popular ERC-20, but the two are different, with the former lacking the ability to interact with smart contracts.

(WikiImages/Pixabay)

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