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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Litecoin Price Hits 11-Month High Above $100

The litecoin cryptocurrency was trading in the triple digits earlier on Thursday for the first time since last June.

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Bitcoin Faces Price Correction Toward $7.6K, Technical Charts Suggest

Bitcoin is facing a price correction to well below $8,000, as exhaustion leaves the bulls unable to hold onto fresh 10-month highs hit earlier today.

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Bitcoin Price Rally Stalls As Ether, XRP Shine

With bitcoin's rally showing signs of exhaustion above $8,000, investors have started pouring money into relatively cheap alternatives.

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Bitcoin's Monthly Price Gains Already Highest Since November 2017

Bitcoin clocked fresh 10-month highs earlier today and currently appears on track to post its biggest monthly rise since late 2017.

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Bitcoin Has Recovered Nearly 25% of Its Bear Market Price Losses

Despite a pullback from 9-month highs overnight, bitcoin has still clawed back nearly a quarter of the losses since its late-2017 record high.

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Bitcoin Price Hits 8-Month High Close to $7K

Bitcoin surged to an eight-month high of $6,964 earlier today, as a bull cross of long-term moving averages occurred for the first time since 2015.

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As Bitcoin Continues Its Climb, Top Crypto Assets Tease Breakouts

Bitcoin's ascent continues, with prices hitting new multi-month highs earlier today, and other top cryptos like litecoin may soon join the party.

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Halving Rally: Litecoin's Price Logs Biggest Monthly Winning Streak Since 2017

Litecoin's next block reward halving is now less than 90 days away, but the world's sixth largest cryptocurrency may still have room to run before investors "sell the news."

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Bitcoin's Market Share Hits 8-Month High as Price Passes $6K

Bitcoin's recent rally looks sustainable, according to the charts, and the cryptocurrency's rising dominance rate suggests investors are bullish.

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Bitcoin Price Retreats But Bull Case Intact Above $5.7K

Bitcoin's bullish case is still intact after a pullback from 5.5-month highs, but prices must be held above key support at $5,700.

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