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

As Bitcoin, Stock Investors Cheer US Inflation Slowdown, One Macro Expert Calls for Caution

Slower inflation often portends a decline in corporate profitability, and that is yet to be priced in by risk assets, analysis by Steno Research's Andreas Steno Larsen shows.

(Hiroshi Kimura/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Warns Staff of Turbulent Times

"While we expect the next several months to be bumpy, we will get past this challenging period," CZ said while assuring the organization is built to last.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Drop to $10K-$12K by Q1 2023, VanEck Says

A wave of miner bankruptcies could keep bitcoin under pressure in the first quarter of 2023, VanEck's Matthew Sigel said. But he forecast a bull revival in the second half of the year.

Morgan Stanley rebajó la calificación de las acciones del banco de criptomonedas Silvergate Capital para infraponderar desde igual valoración. (Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 13, 2022.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin Hits One-Month High Ahead of US Inflation Data

Bitcoin's dominance rate rose above 41% alongside the price rally, signaling de-risking in the crypto market.

(CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)

Markets

Cumberland Favors Bitcoin Option Trades to Profit From US CPI

Sell bitcoin June expiry calls and hedge the same with short-dated December expiry options, Cumberland said.

Cumberland favors bitcoin options strategy to profit from post-CPI price action. (Krzysztof Hepner/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Cathie Wood’s Ark Buys More COIN; Do Kwon is in Serbia

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 12, 2022.

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Tron's USDD Stablecoin Falls to Under 97 Cents, Lowest Level Since June

The algorithmic decentralized stablecoin modeled after Terra's now-defunct UST lost its dollar peg last month as the collapse of FTX dented investor confidence in digital assets.

La stablecoin de Tron, USDD, cayó por debajo de US$0,97 en las primeras horas del lunes. (Coingecko)

Markets

First Mover Americas: It’s Time to Come Clean About Those Crypto Losses

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 9, 2022.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Markets

FTX Revival Proposal Supported by Sam Bankman-Fried Lifts FTT Token

The crypto exchange's founder tweeted his support for influencer Ran Neuner's revival idea, sending the battered tokens as much as 47% higher.

FTT llega a su máximo desde el 16 de noviembre. (Highcharts/CoinDesk)