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

Hyperliquid Introduces 'Based Streams,' a DEX-Powered Live Streaming Platform

The livestreaming feature lets creators broadcast trades, accept token donations, and reward viewers via its Hypercore protocol

Liquid (wal_172619/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Implied Volatility Reaches 2.5-Month High as Seasonal Strength Kicks In

Implied volatility hits a 2.5-month high as price momentum and historical patterns point to a strong Q4

Bitcoin Volmex Implied Volatility 30 Day Index (TradingView)

Markets

Privacy Tokens Zcash, Dash, Railgun Rip Higher as Market Rotates Back to 2018 Narratives

What stands out is how capital is rotating into the once-forgotten privacy sector at the exact moment broader liquidity is still searching for a narrative.

Pile of cash. (Emilio Takas/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin 'OG' Whale Raises Bearish BTC Bet Worth Over $400M

The OG whale reportedly sold BTC in the spot market earlier this week.

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Tech

Monero Releases Privacy Boost Against Sneaky Network Nodes

Monero has released the 'Fluorine Fermi' update to enhance user privacy against spy nodes.

A notable portion of Bybit's hacked funds remain dark. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

XRP, DOGE, SOL See Friday Pullback as $2.7B Flow to Bitcoin ETFs This Week

BTC traders continue to lean bullish despite the price pullback. Privacy coins shine.

While some analysts warn of a deeper pullback, Standard Chartered's Geoffrey Kendrick said it's a buying opportunity(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Slips to $121.5K as Dollar Strengthens; Binance Unveils ‘Meme Rush’

A firmer U.S. dollar and fading risk appetite weighed on bitcoin Thursday, while Binance’s new Meme Rush platform targets surging Chinese-language memecoin speculation.

rollercoaster, loop

Markets

Crypto Investors Are Now Using Wall Street's Age Old Strategy to Invest, Bitwise CEO Says

Institutional investors have now shifted to more sophisticated and reliable analysis methods for selecting crypto investments as the digital asset market matures, according to Bitwise's Hunter Horsley.

Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise (YouTube/CoinDesk screenshot)

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Markets

Ripple Expands Into Bahrain in Boost for RLUSD

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is central to its strategy of connecting tokenized assets with traditional payment systems.

Manama, capital of Bahrain (Charles Adrien Fournier/Unsplash)