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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Crypto Pundits Retain Bullish Bitcoin Outlook as Fed Rate Cut Hopes Clash With Stagflation Fears

crypto experts maintain bullish outlook on bitcoin, focusing on impending Fed rate cuts and long-term structural bull run.

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Crypto Market Today: MNT, HASH Shine as Majors Look to U.S. Inflation Report

Market gains may accelerate if the CPI prints below estimates, strengthening the chance of a Federal Reserve rate cut.

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Bull Trap Warning for Bitcoin, Dogecoin, XRP Emerges as S&P 500 Prints Rising Wedge; U.S. Inflation Eyed

BTC and ETH 25-delta risk reversals trade negative, indicating a bias for downside protection ahead of the inflation data.

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Bitcoin Bulls Beware, South Korean Kospi Setting Record Highs Could Stop BTC's Bull Run: Analyst

Alphractal called Kospi's record high an incremental signal that bitcoin's bull run may be nearing an end.

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Shiba Inu Looks to Scale 200-day SMA as DOGE Whales Boost Coin Stash to 10B

Shiba Inu is attempting to establish a position above the 200-day simple moving average as trading volumes increase.

SHIB-USD. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Triggers Bullish Head and Shoulders Pattern. What Next?

Bitcoin surged past $113,600, confirming a bullish inverse head and shoulders pattern.

BTC's hourly price chart

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Crypto Markets Today: IP Token Surges on Corporate Treasury Adoption

CoinMarketCap's altcoin season index rose to almost 60% in a signal that the season is upon us.

Altcoins rise (Soumyadip Sarkar, Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Retakes $112K, SOL Hits 7-Month High as Economists Downplay Recession Fears

Major tokens rose as experts downplayed fears of stagflation and recession triggered by downward revision of U.S. jobs.

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