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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Markets

XRP Rises More Than 30% as Altcoins Piggyback on Bitcoin's Wave

The native asset of the XRP ledger has surged to 16-month highs.

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Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Rich List’ Grows as Whales HODL and Price Retakes $18K

Bitcoin's "rich list" hits an all-time high alongside the meteoric price rally.

Bitcoin "whales" have been known to make waves in the market.

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US Firm Launches Company-Sponsored Bitcoin Retirement Plans

Digital Asset Investment Management says its new retirement plans can help savers beat inflation.

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Ether Trades Above $500 for the First Time Since July 2018

Ethereum's native token ether has jumped to 28-month highs, taking year-to-date gains to nearly 290%.

Ether prices for the last 24 hours

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Bitcoin Options Investors Are Starting to Hedge Against Potential Price Pullback

The one-month implied volatility, which is influenced by the demand for call and put options, jumped from roughly 55% to a four-month high of 70.5% in the past two days, suggesting increased expectations for price turbulence over the next four weeks.

That's quite a hedge.

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First Mover: What China Crackdown Means for $18K Bitcoin as Dimon Passes on 'Tea'

Fewer new bitcoin may be hitting the market because miners in China can't sell their bitcoins due to a crackdown by their government.

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Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge

The Deutsche Bank analyst's comments are another sign of bitcoin's increasing acceptance in the mainstream of finance.

Deutsche Bank logo (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin’s Rally Could Be Caused by a Supply Crunch in China

Chinese miners are struggling to sell their crypto in ways that would quickly get them much-needed cash in the face of a government crackdown on local exchanges.

Bitcoin's surging price could be, in part, caused by a drying up of supply.

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First Mover: As Bitcoin Shoots Past $18K, There's Comfort in the Crowded Trade

"Long bitcoin" is one of the most crowded trades in markets, a new survey suggests. But signs indicate many investors are just now getting in. 

Bitcoin surged past $18,000, just a day after breaching $17,000.

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Bitcoin Indicator Suggests Bull Market Is Still in Early Phase

The Mayer Multiple indicator suggests the bull market is still far from peaking, even as bitcoin closes in on its all-time high.

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