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 Tops $41K After Yellen's Crypto Statement Inadvertently Published Early

Gemini's Cameron Winklevoss said that based on Yellen's remarks the impending crypto order is positive and supports responsible innovation.

Bitcoin jumps above $41,000. (CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)

Finance

First Mover Americas: Record GBTC Discount Draws Institutional Demand; Fed to Delay Rate Hike?

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for March 8, 2022.

(CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Large Ether Options Flow Guards Against Price Slide Below $2.2K

Sophisticated traders bought put options to protect against a continued ether price drop, one observer said.

Chart showing a big rise in the number of open positions in ETH $2,200 put expiring on March 18 (Laevitas)

Finance

First Mover Americas: Investors See Bitcoin as Inflation Hedge, Nickel Digital's Survey Shows

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for March 7, 2022.

(CoinDesk archive)

Markets

Whale Holdings in Cardano's ADA Token Hit Record High

Large investors have boosted their coin stash by more than 40% this year.

Whales have boosted their coin stash by more than 40% this year. (Pixabay)

Finance

First Mover Americas: Number of Bitcoin Held by Funds Hits Record High

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for March 4, 2022.

(CoinDesk archive)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops for Third Straight Day as Dollar Hits 21-Month High, US Wages Eyed

A continued uptick in wages would imply more inflation and strengthen the case for rate hikes by the Fed.

Bitcoin's price drops for third straight day. (CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)

Finance

First Mover Americas: Fed Hikes Could Drive Bitcoin Adoption in Emerging Markets

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for March 3, 2022.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (House Financial Services Committee/YouTube)

Markets

Bitcoin's 'Ichimoku Cloud' Breakout Could Lead to Continued Uptrend

While bitcoin's cloud breakout points to more gains ahead, heightened geopolitical risk calls for tight stop loss on all crypto positions, one observer said.

Bitcoin mira hacia el norte después de una ruptura en los gráficos técnicos. (Pixabay)