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 Drops 6% in Korea, Shrinking the 'Kimchi Premium'

Bitcoin lost ground after Upbit suspended KRW deposits and withdrawals.

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Bitcoin Analysts Say 'Kimchi Premium' Isn't Distress Signal It Once Was

Bitcoin is drawing the highest "kimchi premium" in three years, indicating retail frenzy in South Korea.

The South Korean Financial Services Commission is extending a ban on short-selling after last week's GameStop share price pump.

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XRP Rises Above $1 for First Time Since March 2018, Despite SEC Shadow

The XRP token's price continues to draw support from a community of loyal and devoted cryptocurrency traders.

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Binance-Owned WazirX Launches India's First NFT Platform

"We are confident that this would be a beautiful marriage of arts, technology and commerce," one film actor said.

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Bitcoin, Fiat Currencies Unnerved Even as Goldman Ditches Short USD Trade

Bitcoin has rallied by over 400% since Goldman Sachs issued a short dollar recommendation on Oct. 9.

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XRP Hits Two-Month Price High in Wake of Ether Rally

XRP has completely recouped its losses resulting from the SEC's lawsuit against Ripple Labs late last year.

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BOJ Starts Central Bank Digital Currency Experiments

The year-long Phase 1 will conduct experiments on basic functions of a CBDC.

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Binance's Crypto Derivatives Platform Sees Record Open Interest of $10B

Binance's crypto derivatives platform sees record open interest as retail participation grows.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

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Bitcoin Decoupled From Stocks in Q1 as Institutional Demand Strengthened: CoinDesk Research

Bitcoin decoupled from stocks and gold but remains inversely correlated to the U.S. dollar.

Bitcoin's correlation with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index of U.S. stocks has declined to zero.

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Ether Price Jumps to All-Time High Near $2,100

Ether is rallying in the wake of Visa's decision to facilitate crypto-based settlements via the Ethereum blockchain.

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