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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LINK, MANA Token Prices Spike as Grayscale Unveils New Trusts

Grayscale, via its early-entrant GBTC bitcoin trust, has become one of the most common ways for institutional investors to gain exposure to cryptocurrencies.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin Drops 3% Ahead of Fed Meeting, Despite Bullish Chart Pattern

Bitcoin is falling, as caution ahead of the FOMC rate decision overshadows bullish chart pattern.

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XRP Jumps as Bullish 'Golden Cross' Pattern Appears in Price Chart

It's often a bullish indicator when the the 50-week moving average crosses above the 100-week, but traders can get trapped on the wrong side of the market.

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Inflation Takes Over From COVID as Biggest Market Risk: Bank of America

Betting on a bitcoin rally remains one of the hottest trades.

Inflation has displaced the coronavirus as the most troublesome outlying risk in the minds of global fund managers, according to Bank of America.

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Bitcoin Eyes Bull Revival as Dip Below $54K Wipes Out Millions More in Leverage

Bitcoin wiped out more excess bullish leverage with a drop below $54,000 early today, and is now looking north.

Bitcoin price chart for the last 24 hours.

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Bybit Climbs Past CME to Become Second-Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange

Retail-dominated Bybit is now a bigger bitcoin futures exchange than CME.

The competition between bitcoin futures exchanges is bruising, with Bybit recently elbowing past rivals including the CME.

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $55K Amid Weak Institutional Inflows, Profit Taking

"This does not mean the bull run is over, it just means that profit taking is happening," according to market analyst Lark Davis.

Bitcoin price chart for the last 24 hours.

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Diginex Anticipating Bitcoin Rise to $175K by End of 2021: CEO

"Things are going to get a lot more heated from here," said Richard Byworth.

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Social Tokens Crash After Reported Hack at Roll

The founder of WHALE, a coin issued through the social token platform, confirmed the hack on Twitter.

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Tesla's Elon Musk Wants Coinbase to Become DOGE-Friendly

A listing on Coinbase would unleash dogecoin to a whole new breed of investor.

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