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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3 Reasons the Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Rose to 3 1/2-Year High as Crypto Crashed

Bitcoin’s evolution as a macroeconomic asset makes it more vulnerable to Fed jitters.

ether-bitcoin ratio hits highest since May 2018

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Bitcoin Drops $9K in an Hour on Spot Market Selling; El Salvador Again Buys the Dip

The leading cryptocurrency is currently trading around $47,960.

Bitcoin price on Dec. 4, 2021. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Confined to Familiar Range as Stocks Rise Ahead of Payrolls Data

Payrolls data is forecast to show the U.S. economy added 550,000 jobs in November after 531,000 additions in October.

Bitcoin continues to trade in a narrow range below $60,000 on Dec. 3 (TradingView)

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Bitcoin’s Bullish Trajectory Intact, but December Jump to $100K Looks Unlikely: Analysts

With the end of the year approaching, most investors will probably liquidate positions to present decent annual performances, one observer said.

(Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

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Large Traders Dominate DEXs as High Ethereum Fees Keep Retail Investors at Bay

The average trade size on Curve Finance ranges from $500,000 to $1 million, according to Kaiko.

DEXs process greater number of large-sized deals than CEXs do. (Kaiko)

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Stacks Network’s STX Token Jumps 50% as Bitcoin Struggles Amid Seesawing Fed Rate-Hike Bets

Some believe Jack Dorsey’s exit at Twitter may be a reason for STX’s surge.

STX tops $3 even as bitcoin stagnates

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Bitcoin’s 6-Month ‘Put-Call Skew’ Flips Bearish for First Time Since May

Participants may be hedging long positions or taking outright bearish bets on bitcoin.

Bitcoin's 6-month skew shows put bias for the first time since the crash of May

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Bitcoin Back on the Defensive as Moderna CEO Warns of Reduced Vaccine Efficacy, Exchange Inflows Eyed

Bitcoin slipped 2.5%, hitting lows of under $56,000, while the futures tied to the S&P 500 declined by 1.2%.

coronavirus vaccine (Pixabay)

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Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus on Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech

Bitcoin is largely being grouped with other risk assets at the moment, one observer said.

Gráfico por horas de la cotización de bitcoin el 29 de noviembre (TradingView)

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DeFi Protocol Omicron’s Token Jumps 10-Fold After Namesake COVID Variant Emerges

OMIC’s surge is perhaps an evidence of peak irrationality.

OMIC's price rallies on Nov. 29 as WHO names new COVID variant as Omicron (Crypto.com)