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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Bitcoin Rises Above $50K After Ether’s Biggest Single-Day Gain in 6 Weeks

“Coinbase buyers are back,” one analyst says.

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Ether’s Options Market Sees Highest Trading Volume Since May

Ether calls at $6,000 and $7,000 strikes were most popular on Wednesday

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Kyber Network’s Dynamic Market Maker KyberDMM Debuts on Binance Smart Chain

The exchange has listed the BEP-20 version of the KNC token to facilitate deposits and withdrawals from the BSC network.

Loi Luu, Kyber Network CEO, at CoinDesk Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk archives)

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Ether Tops $3.5K After Record Daily Coin Burn; Bitcoin’s Rangeplay Continues

Ethereum destroyed 12,000 coins on Tuesday, the most in a single day since the EIP 1559 activation.

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Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan to Launch NFT Collection

The collection will be themed around his life.

MUMBAI, INDIA - JULY 01: Amitabh Bachchan attends the PVR theater for film promotion 'Bhuddah Hoga Tera Baap' on July 01, 2011 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Prodip Guha/Getty Images)

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Ether Poised for Biggest Monthly Price Gain Since April; Analysts Remain Bullish

Ether may face a supply squeeze, one analytics firm said.

Bulls running through a street. (Shutterstock)

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SOL Hits Record High, Climbs Above $100 as Total Value Locked on Solana Crosses $3B

SOL draws a three-figure price for the first time as boom in DeFI and NFTs continues and token-burn speculation grips markets.

Torch image via Shutterstock

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Solana, Boosted by Move Into NFTs, Enters List of Top 10 Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap

Institutional demand for SOL has increased in recent weeks.

Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

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Bitcoin Rises Above $48K as Dollar Drops After Powell’s Dovish Comments

No news is good news for the bitcoin market as the Fed chairman avoids specifying a “tapering” time frame at virtual Jackson Hole symposium.

Bitcoin price chart over past week shows  jump on Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole.

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Ether’s Daily Issuance Drops Below Bitcoin, IntoTheBlock Says

Ether’s net daily issuance is less than bitcoin’s for the first time on record.

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