Omkar Godbole

Co-Managing Editor, Markets Team

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

Markets

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.

Aug 1, 2023

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

Markets

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.

Aug 1, 2023

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

Markets

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.

Jul 31, 2023

Markets

Ribbon Finance Settles First On-Chain Ether 'Autocallable' With Marex and MEV Capital

The onchain execution of structured products promises transparency to investors and eliminates counterparty risks.

Jul 31, 2023

Markets

First Mover Americas: Curve Finance Exploit Puts More Than $100M of Crypto at Risk

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 31, 2023.

Jul 31, 2023

Markets

Curve Finance's Token Surges 500% on Bithumb After Major Exploit

The CRV/KRW pair listed on South Korea's Bithumb exchange has decoupled from the CRV/USD pairs listed on Western exchanges that exhibit price weakness.

Jul 31, 2023