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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North Korea-Linked Lazarus Group Holds More Bitcoin Than Elon Musk's Tesla

D.O.G.E head Elon Musk's Tesla falls behind North Korean hacker group in terms of BTC holdings as President Trump plans to make U.S. the crypto capital of the world.

North Korea-linked Lazarus holds more BTC than Tesla. (Image via Shutterstock)

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Copper, Once Positively Correlated to Bitcoin, Nears Record High. Will BTC Follow Suit?

Copper's rise is likely led by Trump's tariffs, weakening its appeal as leading indicator for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.

Copper nears record high, will BTC follow suit?. (marcelkessler/Pixabay)

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Gold Surges, Bitcoin Rallies, Stocks Down Since Trump's Electoral Win — What’s Driving the Chaos?

Initially BTC decoupled from stocks, but the positive correlation has strengthened during the recent downturn.

President Donald Trump (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Options Flip Bullish After Powell's Transitory Inflation Remark, Ether Still Lags in Sentiment

The Fed retained forecast for two rate cuts Wednesday, with Powell calling the inflationary impact of Trump's tariffs transitory.

Crypto market breadth improves. (ArtTower/Pixabay)

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XRP Whales Boost Coin Stash by Over 6% to 46.4B in Two Months, Blockchain Data Shows

Large investors have persisted in accumulating coins even as the cryptocurrency has shown a lack of clear directional bias over the past two months.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Likely to See 3%- 5% Price Swings on FOMC Rate Decision, Volmex's Data Suggests

These figures might be scary for equity or currency traders but do not represent a major deviation from the normal in the crypto market.

(AbelEscobar/Pixabay)

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Erdogan Rival's Arrest Sends Lira to Record Low, Bitcoin-TRY Volume Surging on Binance

Binance's BTC/TRY pair sees increased trading activity as the move sends the lira crashing.

Turkey flag. (kirill_makes_pics/Pixabay)

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Battered Bitcoin Looks to U.S. Fed for Support, Bank of America Predicts End of Quantitative Tightening

The expected end of quantitative tightening could bode well for BTC and other risk assets, but gains may be tempered by stagflationary adjustments in economic projections.

Battered BTC bulls pin hopes on the Fed. (JamesQube/Pixabay)