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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Finance

Crypto Industry Destined to Be Bitcoin Focused After SEC Actions: MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor

Last week, the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.

MicroStrategy Executive Director Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Transfer $174M Worth of Coins to Exchanges in Two Weeks

The 14-day average of miner transfers to exchanges has increased sharply to 489.26 BTC, the highest since March 2021, according to Glassnode.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin's MACD Indicator Flips Bearish, Scares Crypto Twitter

The MACD histogram is a technical indicator widely used to gauge trend strength and trend changes.

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Markets

Crypto Global Bid and Ask Metric Plunged 20% Over Weekend, Points to Paper Thin Liquidity

Hyblock Capital's global bid and ask indicator plunged 20% during Saturday's altcoin crash, indicating a sharp deterioration in the crypto market liquidity.

Las criptomonedas registraron baja liquidez. (Olga Thelavart/Unsplash)

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Markets

Open Interest in Binance's BNB Token Futures Jumps to 5-Month High

The surge in open interest comes alongside a decline in price and signals an influx of bearish short positions in the market.

BNB futures open interest (Coinglass)

Markets

SOL, ADA, MATIC Prices Stabilize as Foundations Hit Back on SEC Lawsuit Allegations

The tokens were up as much as 5% in the past 24 hours even as the broader market remained nominally changed.

Stable Stability Balance (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Surges, Accounting For Nearly Half of The $1T Crypto Market, Amid Altcoin Selloff

Bitcoin's dominance rate neared the 50% mark early Saturday as altcoin crash triggered a flight to safety.

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Markets

With Ether Options Market Makers 'Long Gamma' at $1.8K, Price Is Likely to Hold

Traders said market makers are holding options with a $1,800 strike price and are likely to influence prices as they try to keep their portfolios direction-neutral.

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Bitcoin Trades at Narrow Discount on Binance.US

News of a possible halt in U.S. dollar withdrawals sparked an increase in bitcoin trading as customers looked to remove their assets from the exchange, one observer said.

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Markets

Bitcoin Traders Shrug Off U.S. SEC's Action Against Binance, Coinbase

Implied volatility metrics show no signs of panic after the SEC's filed lawsuits against the two cryptocurrency exchanges.

XRP futures volume beat SOL on Kraken. (geralt/Pixabay)

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