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

Crypto Could Destabilize Nations, Undermine Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status, Hillary Clinton Says

Clinton called for a joint effort by nation-states to monitor cryptocurrencies’ rise.

Dólares estadounidenses (Shutterstock)

Tech

Binance Fully Integrates Ethereum Scaler Arbitrum One

Users can now deposit ether to their Binance accounts via Arbitrum One.

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Markets

Institutions Snap Up Ether $5K Call, Bitcoin Risks Double Top as RBA Official Warns of FOMO Meltdown

Bitcoin appears exhausted, having failed to chart a convincing breakout beyond April highs for almost four weeks.

Bitcoin's daily chart showing a double top pattern on Nov. 18 (Joel Kruger, TradingView)

Policy

India to Ban Crypto as Payment Method but Regulate as Asset: Report

The Modi government will also ban active solicitation from crypto firms, such as ads.

The Indian flag. (Pixabay)

Policy

Indian Central Bank Governor Says Blockchain Technology Can Thrive Without Cryptocurrencies

There are far deeper issues involved with cryptocurrencies, RBI’s Shaktikanta Das said.

RBI entrance in New Delhi, India

Markets

Bitcoin Crowd Appears High on ‘Hopium’ as ‘Buy The Dip’ Trends

Pullbacks typically end with crowd chatter leaning bearish.

Chart showing bitcoin's price drop below $60,000 on Nov. 17 (CoinDesk, highcharts,com)

Markets

Bitcoin Below $60K in a ‘Funding Reset’ Move, Tests Key Support: Experts

Market appeared quite complacent and due for a pullback, observers said.

Bitcoin's daily chart showing a drop to the 50-day moving average on Nov. 16 (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Lose Ground as Twitter CFO Rules Out Crypto Investment, Dollar Index Hits 16-Month High

Ned Segal’s comments likely provided a reason for traders to take some risk off the table in the wake of the rising dollar and U.S. tax reporting requirement.

Chart showing a drop in bitcoin's price Nov. 16  (CoinDesk, highcharts.com)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Bull Flag Breakout Suggests More Upside; Support at $57K

The cryptocurrency could break the six-figure mark in Q4, one firm said.

Bitcoin's bull flag breakout (MintingM, TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Still a Risk Asset Despite Last Week’s Inflation-Led Rally, TradFi Experts Say

An elevated inflationary environment is completely new territory for bitcoin and its reaction function, one analyst said.

Bitcoin has been leading tops and bottoms in AUD/JPY, an FX market's risk barometer, by about four weeks. (TradingView)