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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Markets

Bitcoin Shows No Signs of Overheating, Despite Doubling This Year: Analysis

Bitcoin has doubled this year. The bullish trend may continue unabated as key indicator shows no signs of overheating, according to IntoTheBlock.

More claimants are turning up the heat on Celsius. (Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Ticks Along Above $34K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 30, 2023.

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Markets

Bitcoin Whales Take Charge as Number of $100K Transactions Surge

The number of transactions of over $100,000 on the Bitcoin blockchain rose to a new year-to-date high last week.

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Markets

CME on the Cusp of Replacing Binance as Top Bitcoin Futures Exchange

With a notional open interest (OI) of $3.54 billion, CME is now the second-largest bitcoin futures exchange.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin and Ether Options Activity Hits $20B

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 26, 2023.

GMX tokens are serving as a proxy bet for Arbitrum investors. (Jason Briscoe/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Assets Under Management Jump to $31.7B; SOL-Based Products Rise 74%: CCData

Bitcoin-based products have increased their market share to 73.3% from 70.5% amid optimism over the possible approval of a spot-price exchange-traded fund.

The AUM has increased for the first time since July. (CCData)

Tech

Floki Pounces on Trillion Dollar RWA Narrative With New TokenFi Platform

“The tokenization industry is projected to be a $16 trillion industry by the year 2030,” Floki lead developer ‘B’ told CoinDesk in a Telegram message.

A Shiba inu, the dog breed that inspired both DOGE and SHIB, is getting a ride in cryptocurrency markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Surges to All-Time Highs in Turkey and Nigeria

Massive inflation and sliding purchasing power of national fiat currencies has likely boosted demand for bitcoin.

Inflation will be in focus this week. (Jeffrey Coolidge/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin and Ether Options Activity Soars to Historic Highs of $20B Amid ETF Hype

Options worth $4.5 billion are set to expire on Friday, Deribit told CoinDesk.

Deribit options open interest (Laevitas)

Markets

Dollar/Yen Trading Volume Surpasses Bitcoin on DeFi Platform Gains Network

Early Thursday, a large leveraged short position in USD/JPY pair worth $8.26 million crossed the tape on Gains Network.

Anchorage Digital is supporting a Japanese yen stablecoin (Shutterstock)