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 Renaissance Likely in H2: Babel Finance

Growth stocks and bitcoin will move higher three months after the first Fed rate hike, one observer said.

SECOND COMING? News of asset manager Renaissance considering bitcoin futures set off a raft of institutional speculation. (Detail from "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel. Credit: Shutterstock)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Nears $40K, Gaming Flips DeFi

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 18, 2022.

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Bitcoin Wilts as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Push Gold to 8-Month High

Bitcoin is acting more like high growth tech assets, one observer said.

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India's Crypto Tax May Curb Excessive Speculation, Bring Institutional Demand

The proposed tax structure is less of a concern for long-term holders than short-term traders, one SHIB holder said.

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Bitcoin cae por debajo de línea de tendencia bajista, con soporte en $35.500

Las lecturas del gráfico diario y el de cuatro horas del índice de fuerza relativa indican el fin del rebote correctivo.

Gráficos diarios y de cuatro horas de bitcoin basados en los precios de Coinbase (TradingView)

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Bitcoin Turns Lower From Bearish Trendline, Support at $35.5K

Sellers look to regain control after bulls' failure to break through technical resistance.

Gráficos diarios y de cuatro horas de bitcoin basados en los precios de Coinbase (TradingView)

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ECB, BOE Have Scant Leeway to Influence Bitcoin

While all macro decisions matter, the Fed is the most important as it drives the global policy, one observer said.

The ECB building (Source: Pixabay)

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Trader Joe's Native Coin Climbs as the DEX Unveils 'Modular Staking'

People want their DEX tokens to be "modular" in function, and they want to price those functions independently, one investment firm said.

JOE's modular staking allows users to price token's multiple utilities differently. (Source: TradingView)

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Someone Just Moved $3.55B Worth of Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Bad actors would have a tough time cashing out the stolen bitcoin as most of them are blacklisted.

Source code from the master branch of open-source Bitcoin Core code repository on GitHub. (GitHub, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Steady Near $38.5K as Australian Central Bank Ends Easing Program

The RBA announced an end of bond purchases, but signaled it is in no hurry to raise interest rates.

Bitcoin held on to overnight gains as Australia's central bank scrapped its QE program. (Source: CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)

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