Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor on CoinDesk's Markets team based in Mumbai, holds a masters degree in Finance and a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) member. Omkar previously worked at FXStreet, writing research on currency markets and as fundamental analyst at currency and commodities desk at Mumbai-based brokerage houses. Omkar holds small amounts of bitcoin, ether, BitTorrent, tron and dot.

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Duplicate Bitcoin's $100K Call Takes the Crown From $120K Bet as Most Popular Options Play on Deribit .

Traders opt for a more conservative bet, reassessing their expectations in the wake of the recent price sell-off.

Open interest distribution in BTC options listed on Deribit. (Deribit/Amberdata)

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U.S. Treasury Market Most Volatile in 4 Months May Slow Any Bitcoin Price Recovery After CPI

Increased volatility in the Treasury market often leads to reduced risk taking in financial markets.

BTCUSD vs MOVE. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Forms Bullish RSI Divergence Just in Time for U.S. CPI

The bullish divergence means the stage is set for a positive response to a potential soft U.s.

BTC's bullish RSI divergence. (cjweaver13/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin CME Futures Spread Slides to $490, Undoing the 'Trump Bump' in BTC

The market has likely moved past the narrative that a pro-crypto President is beneficial for the industry, with macro correlations now driving the market.

Slide. (GuentherDillingen/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin's $100K Call Takes the Crown From $120K Bet as Most Popular Options Play on Deribit

Traders opt for a more conservative bet, reassessing their expectations in the wake of the recent price sell-off.

Open interest distribution in BTC options listed on Deribit. (Deribit/Amberdata)

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Leveraged ETFs Tied to Strategy See Trading Volume Surge as Bitcoin-HODLer MSTR Teeters on 200-Day Average

Volume in both leveraged long and short ETFs has increased sharply.

Leveraged MSTR ETFs see a surge in trading volumes (steinarhovland/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin and Nasdaq Could Stabilize as Bull Positioning in Yen Appears Stretched

Stretched positioning and Japanese institutional activity could cap gains in the yen, paving the way for a bounce in Nasdaq and bitcoin.

BTC, Nasdaq may stabilize as JPY bull positioning looks overstretched. (geralt/Pixabay)

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Dormant Ether Whale Moves $13M in ETH to Kraken

Large movement of coins to exchanges often breeds price volatility.

ETH ICO whale becomes active. (Pexels/Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Short-Term Futures Slip Into Discount on Deribit in Sign of Weak Demand

Futures expiring on Friday have slipped into a discount, reflecting demand weakness.

FastNews (CoinDesk)