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

Strategy's bitcoin purchase fails to stir BTC price

Bitcoin is little changed despite a new purchase by Strategy as risk-averse investors await U.S. inflation data and next week’s Fed meeting.

Strategy's Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

USDT's flashing a golden cross and that may be bad news for bitcoin

USDT's dominance rate has flashed a golden crossover in a sign of caution for the broader crypto market.

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Markets

Saylor blamed AI for bitcoin crash. Arca has one word for that: Nonsense

Arca is blaming Strategy's sale of 32 BTC for last week's BTC crash, not AI capital rotation, as Strategy's Saylor claimed.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

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Live updates: Bitcoin drops to $62,600 as some traders peg SpaceX's IPO as 'next catalyst'

Stocks recovered through SpaceX's oversubscribed IPO, an Nvidia and SK Hynix chip pact, and Apple's AI reboot, while crypto trailed.

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Chinese mining CEO says Strategy can survive a $30,000 bitcoin without selling

Jiang Zhuoer of BTC.TOP called the week's selloff speculation overblown, arguing Strategy's small debt and the design of its preferred shares let it keep buying.

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Finance

Live updates: Bitcoin tops $63,000 as Strategy adds $100 million BTC in latest purchase

Meanwhile, Strive bought 32 bitcoin, the same number Strategy dumped last week.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor standing. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk))

Markets

A crucial bitcoin market indicator is signaling that the worst of the crypto crash might be over

The metric shows bitcoin's market price is getting close to its realized fair value after the recent sell-off.

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Bitcoin holds steady after Sunday's rally, though full-fledged reversal may take longer

Bitcoin is holding above $63,000 after rallying on Sunday. The price is now hovering near a key 200-week moving average that often marks major cycle turning points.

Bitcoin symbol alongside a rising chart.

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