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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Indian Government to Take ‘Progressive’ Steps on Crypto, Sources Say After PM Modi’s Meeting

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance will meet industry representatives next week to seek their views.

PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on future of cryptocurrencies

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Indian National Congress Accuses Modi-Led BJP of Covering Up Country’s Biggest Bitcoin Scam

Leaders accuse the prime minister of trying to drop the investigation.

A supporter wearing a ribbon featuring former Indian National Congress (INC) President Sonia Gandhi. (Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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OMG Tanks Over 25% as Exchanges See Record Inflows After BOBA Airdrop Snapshot

Centralized exchanges registered a net inflow of 5.7 million OMG tokens on Friday.

OMG's daily chart showing price crash (TradingView)

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Ether’s Key Metrics Paint Bearish Picture: Santiment

The crypto’s active addresses and trading volumes have diverged from its rising price

Chart showing bearish divergence between Ether's active addresses and prices till Nov 12 (Santiment)

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Bitcoin Jumps to New All-Time High as Inflation Spikes to 6.2% in October

Bond traders are increasing their bets on faster inflation after the U.S. consumer price index jumped 6.2% in the 12 months through October, the highest rate in three decades. Still “transitory?”

Bitcoin's hourly price chart showing a rally to new record high after CPI release. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Large Bitcoin Investors Take a Breather After Frantic October, US Inflation Data Eyed

Bitcoin may struggle if inflation data revives rate hike fears, leading to risk-off in traditional markets

Combined balance of 100 BTC-10,000 BTC addresses in 12 months until Nov 10 (Santiment)

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ETH-BTC Chart Points to Ether Leadership Ahead

Ether can take lead against bitcoin towards the year-end, one analyst said.

ETH-BTC's weekly price chart Nov 9 (TradingView)

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Open Positions in Ether ‘Calls’ Hits 1 Million Mark as Traders Pile Onto Higher Strike Options

Open interest in ETH call options, or bullish bets, is twice more than that in puts.

ETH open interest in calls and puts (Laevitas)

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Shiba Inu Sees Record Speculative Frenzy, Snaps 5-Week Winning Trend

Previous episode of speculative frenzy in SHIB paved the way for a 90% price crash.

The number of SHIB addresses acquiring coins near record high indicates high degree of FOMO. (IntoTheBlock)

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Bitcoin Tops $66K, Resuming Uptrend as Real Bond Yields Slide

The cryptocurrency may face some selling pressure around $70,000, one trader said.

El bitcoin supera los $66.000 y busca un récord (Coinbase)