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.

Omkar Godbole

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Markets

Bitcoin's 'Coinbase Premium' Muted Amid Reports Trump Plans to Designate Crypto a National Policy

BTC trades at a slight discount on Coinbase relative to Binance, data from CryptoQuant show.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Poised to Top Record as Trump Inauguration Nears, Major Coins Due for 10% Swings: Traders

Wednesday's soft U.S. core CPI has opened doors for traders to focus on Trump's swearing in and the possibility of first-day pro-crypto announcement.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

XRP's Bullish Momentum Strongest Since January 2018 as Futures Open Interest Hits Record High

XRP's price rise is accompanied by record perpetual futures open interest and surge in trading volumes.

XRP, DOGE and JUP rally (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Tech

Indian Telecom Giant Jio Joins Hands With Polygon to Bring Web3 to Over 450M Users

Polygon's CEO hailed the partnership as a significant step forward for Web3 adoption in India.

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani (YouTube)

Markets

Stalled Stablecoin Supply Casts Doubt on BTC's Bullish Recovery as U.S. Inflation Report Looms

The combined supply of top four stablecoins has stabilized with barely any change over the 30-day period.

Stablecoin inflows have stalled ahead of the CPI report.(sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Finance

Deribit CEO Confirms Strategic Investment Inquiries, Rules Out Takeover Report

The crypto options platform is reportedly working with FT Partners to assess takeover bids.

business handshake (shutterstock)

Markets

Options Tied to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Surge to Nearly 50% of Deribit's BTC Open Interest in Two Months

Options linked to BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) began trading on Nov. 19 and have since grown to half the size of Deribit's BTC options market.

CME Group to Launch Options on Bitcoin Friday Futures (OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay)