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 Down 2.5% as China Slaps Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S., Probes Google

The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump's new 10% tariffs on China came into effect.

China. (Excellentcc/Pixabay)

Markets

Ether Volatility Explodes to Over 100% as Price Crashes

Ether's DVOL spiked above 100% during Asian hours as the crashing price saw traders chase put options.

Ether DVOL index. (TradingView, Deribit)

Markets

USDe Stable Despite Trade War Volatility

The market cap of USDe has pushed past $6 billion, and the peg remains virtually stable, despite the market bloodbath.

(NikolayFrolochkin/Pixabay)

Policy

India Reviewing Its Crypto Stance as Global Outlook Eases: Reuters

The review comes as Donald Trump's crypto friendly policy has pushed countries to soften their approach on digital assets.

The Indian flag. (Pixabay)

Markets

XRP, Dogecoin Plunge 25% as Crypto Liquidations Cross $2.2B on Tariffs Led Dump

XRP, dogecoin (DOGE) and Cardano’s ADA fell more than 25% to reverse all of the gains since December, reaching pre-U.S. election levels from early November.

(Faberge Workshop/Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Chance of Bitcoin Tanking to $75K Doubles as Trump's Tariffs Ignite Trade War, Derive's Onchain Options Market Shows

The probability has doubled from last week as the renewed trade war between the U.S. and its major trading partners threatens to inject inflation into the global economy.

Derive's onchain options market shows fears of an extended BTC price drop. (jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops 8% to $93K as Asia Awakens to Trump's Trade War

As Asia begins its trading day, BTC's weakness likely reflects fears that a trade war could freeze global growth

BTC sends risk-off cues to tradfi over the weekend. (ValdasMiskinis/Pixabay)

Markets

VIRTUAL Surges 28% as Upbit Listing Exposes the Token to Altcoin Savvy South Koreans

VIRTUAL is the native token of the AI launchpad Virtuals Protocol, a Base-native that recently expanded to Solana.

VIRTUAL price spike. (CoinDesk)