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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Rangebound: Bitcoin Bulls Need Break Above $7.5K

Bitcoin lacks clear bias today, but a decisive session in either direction would likely define the trend going forward.

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Relief Rally Ahead? Oversold Ether Eyes Gains Against Bitcoin

With a relief rally in the offing, ether could outperform bitcoin in the short-run, according to ETH/BTC technical charts.

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Bitcoin Teases Bull Reversal with Rise Above $7K

Bitcoin is on the rise, but only a move above $7,510 would confirm a bullish trend reversal

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Verge Stole the Limelight in a Lackluster Week for the Crypto Markets

This week, Verge was the best performing cryptocurrency among top 25 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

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Bitcoin Eyes $6K After Key Resistance Fails to Hold

Bitcoin's retreat from the weekly highs may have set the tone for a drop to $6,000 over the next 24 hours.

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Hacked Verge Token Takes A Price Hit

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency verge has suffered a hack in the last 24 hours, but the charts indicate better times may lie ahead.

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Make or Break? Bitcoin Risks Bear Revival Below $6.5K

A decline in bitcoin prices to $6,400 would turn the market in favor of the bears, technical analysis suggests.

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Ether's Start to 2018 Has Broken Records (In a Bad Way)

Ethereum's ether token fell 47.5 percent in the first three months of 2018 – its worst quarterly drop on record.

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Bitcoin Bulls Need to Defend $7K as Corrective Rally Stalls

Bitcoin's corrective rally has run out of steam in the last 12 hours, but only a clear break below $7,000 would kill the odds of a move higher.

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Down 50%: Q1 Was Bitcoin's Second Worst Quarter Ever

Bitcoin fell by 50 percent in the first three months of 2018 – a drop that marks the cryptocurrency's worst Q1 performance on record.

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