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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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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Acid Test: Bitcoin Must Break $7,800 for Bull Reversal

Bitcoin's recovery is gathering pace, but only an upside break of the falling channel would confirm a bullish trend reversal

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How Bad Was Q1? Just Two Top-Tier Cryptos Saw Gains

The crypto markets had a rough ride in the first quarter of 2018, with just two tokens bucking the downtrend.

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Above $7K: Bitcoin Eyes Gains After Death Cross Fails

Despite having witnessed a so-called "death cross" over the weekend, bitcoin is now eyeing gains above the $7,000 mark.

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Winner-Turned-Loser ICON Tanks 40 Percent as Crypto Markets Falter

It's been a bad week for the wider cryptocurrency market, and one token alone in the top 25 by market cap has registered moderate gains.

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Sell-Off Over? Bitcoin's Price May Be Nearing Bottom

Bitcoin prices dropped to a 50-day low of $6,630 today, but a bottom may be in sight, chart analysis suggests.

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