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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Bitcoin Retakes $31K as Traditional Markets See Risk Reset, BNY Mellon Makes Crypto Push

"Bitcoin is still just chopping around," one analyst said.

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Ether Falls Toward $1.7K as Bitcoin's Price Drop Weighs on Broader Market

One analyst said markets priced in Ethereum's impending EIP upgrade earlier this year.

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Bitcoin Drops as Investors Buy $22K and $20K Puts

Despite the pickup in demand for $22K puts, the options market remains biased bullish for the long term.

Bitcoin options traders have recently bet on the cryptocurrency ending 2021 at well below the current price.

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Bitcoin Network Sees Fourth Straight Downward Difficulty Adjustment

"The last four adjustments have been downward, and it now looks like the blockchain is back to normal," one analyst said.

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FOX Token Rally: Yield Play or ShapeShift DAO Craving?

Crypto analysts are looking at the FOX token's price gain and asking whether it's the latest promotion or the start of a new trend.

The FOX token is suddenly in demand from traders. The question is why.

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XRP Eyes 'Death Cross,' Has Support at $0.51

Previous "death crosses" have marked major or interim price bottoms.

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Why Bitcoin Needs to Defend $30K

An analysis of trades in the bitcoin options market reveals a crucial price threshold where selling might accelerate.

Bitcoin call options open interest looks highest at  around $40,000, while put options open interest is high at $30,000.

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Google Searches for 'Bitcoin Price' Reach 7-Month Low

From a contrarian standpoint, low levels of crowd chatter on the Internet may be a sign that bitcoin market sentiment can't get much worse.

Fewer people are searching Google for the bitcoin price.

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Bitcoin Under Pressure, Faces Support at $30K

Contracting Bollinger bands suggest a big move is overdue.

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Axie Infinity's AXS Token Up 700% From June Lows

AXS is the governance token of the Axie Infinity platform, an Ethereum-based digital marketplace for the Axie Infinity game.

The popularity of Axie Infinity's marketplace is helping the price of the project's governance token, AXS.