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.

Omkar Godbole

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Markets

Fed Likely to Be Most Dovish Central Bank in 2024, Research Shows

Traders expect the Fed to cut rates by 100 basis points next year, weakening the dollar and incentivizing risk-taking in crypto and traditional markets.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Cosmos Founder Calls for Chain Split; ATOM Down 3%

Cosmos Hub is an intermediary among all independent blockchains created within the Cosmos network. ATOM powers the Cosmos ecosystem of blockchains programmed to scale and interoperate with each other.

(Renuagra/Pixabay)

Policy

Binance's Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Is a Manageable Flight Risk: U.S. DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argues that Binance's former CEO should remain free until sentencing – but only in the U.S.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Touches $38K on Quiet Holiday Weekend

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 24, 2023.

BTC price chart (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin's 3-Week Consolidation Under $38K Has Bullish Undertone

The pullbacks have become less deep over the past three weeks, suggesting the building up of bullish sentiment, one observer said.

(Jason Briscoe/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Uniswap’s UNI Rallies and Bitcoin Holds $37K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 23, 2023.

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Markets

BONK's Market-Beating Price Surge at Risk as Binance Lists Perpetual Futures Tied to the Token

Historically, the exchange's decision to list perpetual contracts tied to smaller tokens has marked major price tops for the those cryptocurrencies.

BONK's market capitalization (Coingecko)

Markets

Bitcoin Supply Inactive for a Year Hits Record High of 70%

It appears bitcoin holders are not planning on offloading inventory at these price levels or any time soon, one observer said.

Bitcoin: Percent of supply active 1+ years ago (Glassnode)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance, Binance, Binance

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 22, 2023.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Markets

Trading Crypto on Binance Becomes Challenging as Order Book Liquidity Tanks 25%

Order book liquidity refers to the capacity to trade quickly at quoted prices.

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