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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Ether's Active Addresses Pass 2018 Peak as Cryptocurrency Soars to New Price Highs

The cryptocurrency's rally is supported by increased network usage.

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Gold Rallies as Bitcoin Languishes Around $56K

Gold is outperforming bitcoin amid a renewed drop in inflation-adjusted bond yields.

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India's Central-Bank Owned Retail Payments Platform Refuses to Ban Crypto Transactions

The agency told banks they should consult their legal and compliance departments on whether they should block transactions on their own systems.

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Bitcoin Options Traders Leaning Bearish Despite Price Recovery

Bitcoin's price recovery fails to subdue fears of a deeper bull market pullback.

Positive skew in the bitcoin options market could show traders making bearish short-term bets.

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Ether Traders Load Up on $8K Call Options in Bet Price Will Double by July

Increased demand for deep out-of-the-money call options is reflective of strong bullish sentiment.

Buying deep out-of-the-money options has been likened to purchasing lottery tickets.

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Also-Ran Ethereum Classic Catches Up Amid Crypto Market Frenzy, Hits Record

Bull frenzy grips crypto markets as the hunt for yield goes beyond bitcoin and ether.

It's getting harder to laugh at the not-a-joke cryptocurrency ethereum classic.

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Bitcoin Bounces Back to $55K as Yellen Backtracks on Rate Hike Comments

"Rate hikes are not something I'm predicting or recommending," Yellen later said.

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Ether Price, on Cusp of Record 10-Day Winning Streak, Tops $3,500 for First Time

Ether is on track to extend its nine-day winning trend amid signs of institutions seeking exposure to the cryptocurrency.

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Amid New Price Highs, Ether Flips Bitcoin on Options Volume

Ether's options market saw record trading volume of $1.32 billion on Monday, far above bitcoin's $879 million.

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Dogecoin Hits New All-Time High After eToro, Gemini Listings

Multi-asset brokerage eToro announced support for the cryptocurrency Monday.

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