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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Crypto Derivative Trading Volume Rose for First Time in 4 Months as Market Rallied in July

While leverage boosts returns, it exposes traders to forced liquidations, which inject volatility into the market.

Turnover in the crypto derivatives market jumped to $3.12 trillion in July. (CryptoCompare)

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First Mover Americas: Ether Leads Crypto Markets Higher After Final Merge Test Goes Live

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 11, 2022.

The upcoming Merge comes with some risks, says DappRadar. (ryasick/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Rallies to 2-Month High; What's Next?

The Federal Reserve's plan to accelerate quantitative tightening starting in September may bring volatility to markets.

Bitcoin hits a two-month high after encouraging U.S. inflation data. (Geralt/Pixabay)

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Ether Tops $1.9K as Ethereum Runs Final 'Merge' Rehearsal

Merge optimism has prompted an ether rally of 60% in four weeks.

Ether sube a su máximo de dos meses. (TradingView)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Jumps After Core CPI for July Comes In Lower Than Expected

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Aug. 10, 2022.

Bitcoin jumped to $23,500 Wednesday shortly after the release of the U.S. CPI for July. (Denny Luan/Unsplash)

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Inflation Probably Slowed in July, but Not by Enough to Trigger Crypto Bull Run

Goldman Sachs still sees the risk of higher consumer prices.

The Fed is unlikely to take comfort from the slight expected decline in the headline Inflation. (stevepb/Pixabay)

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First Mover Americas: As Bitcoin and Ether Slide, Investors Bet on Ethereum Fork

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

The hot topic now is the upcoming Merge on the Ethereum network, and specifically, about the possibility of having a forked proof-of-work ETH and a proof-of-stake coin. (Riho Kroll/Unsplash)

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Ether's Deepest 'Backwardation' Since 2020 Crash Shows Traders Prepping for Ethereum PoW Split

Traders have been buying ETH in the spot market and selling ether futures to withstand volatility, creating the unusual dynamic.

Ether futures trade at a discount to spot prices ahead of the Merge. (LauraTara/Pixabay)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Passes $24K for First Time in August; Ethereum’s Buterin Shrugs Off Fork Talk

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

BTC climbed above $24,000 with volume levels around 310 million. (Daphné Be Frenchie/Unsplash)

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pSTAKE Announces stkBNB to Unlock Liquidity on Staked BNB Token

pSTAKE will allow users to stake any non-zero amount of BNB.

pSTAKE announces BNB liquid staking. (Momentmal/Pixabay)