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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Crypto Traders Might Want to Track Ether 'Slippage' Indicator. Here's Why

Hyblock's slippage indicator has consistently marked short-term trend changes in the second-largest cryptocurrency this year.

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CRV Gets Plunge Protection on Binance as Market Makers Add Bid-Side Liquidity

Market makers moved to arrest the slide in Curve's CRV following last weekend's attack against the decentralized exchange.

CRV's 2% bid-side market depth (Curve)

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First Mover Americas: Race for Ether ETFs Kicks Off With 6 Asset Managers Filing

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 2, 2023.

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Litecoin Halving Unlikely to Drive Immediate Price Gains, Past Data Show

Litecoin's blockchain will cut the per-block reward to 6.25 LTC from 12.5 LTC.

Litecoin halving (Litecoinhalving.com)

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Bitcoin Dips Below $29K, BNB Slides After Report on DOJ's Binance Concerns

Crypto markets have reversed overnight gains alongside weakness in stock markets and rising Treasury yields.

BTC 4-hour price (CoinDesk)

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Ether Options Market Shows Bias for Price Weakness Over Next 6 Months

Ether's price appears overvalued compared to Ethereum's dwindling revenues, one analyst said.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Starts August in the Red After Losing Ground in July

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 1, 2023.

Bitcoin price last 24 hours (CoinDesk)

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Curve Founder Deploys New Liquidity Pool to Address FRAX Debt Situation

Analysts said it is an attempt to incentivize liquidity to FraxLend's pool from where Egorov has taken a loan of 15.8 million FRAX.

Curve's new pool dedicated to Fraxlend's CRV/FRAX market (Curve)

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Traders Pile Into CRV Shorts Amid Concerns Over Curve Founder's Collateralized Borrowing

Traders pile into short positions in the perpetual futures market as potential liquidation of founder's crypto borrowing may destabilise the broader decentralized finance ecosystem.

CRV hit 8-month lows of below $0.50. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

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Bitcoin Falls 1.2% as Curve Chaos Sparks Systemic Crisis Fears in DeFi

CRV has bounced 20% since Justin Sun organized some relief for the token, but remains 23% lower this week.

Bitcoin daily price. (CoinDesk Indices)