Omkar Godbole

Co-Managing Editor, Markets Team

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

Markets

Bitcoin Dips as Trump Threatens to Stop Vote Counting

Bitcoin fell after President Trump alleged "fraud” in the presidential election and pledged to stop vote counting.

Nov 4, 2020

Tech

Ethereum Fees Plummeted 65% in October Following DeFi Volumes Back to Earth

Miners' income from processing transactions on the Ethereum blockchain more than halved in October as the mania for DeFi cooled.

Nov 3, 2020

Markets

First Mover: 11 Election Talking Points on Bitcoin as TRUMP Futures Point to Loss

From a look back to bitcoin's price reaction in November 2016 to the ramifications of a "blue wave" (or red), here's how to play the election.

Nov 3, 2020

Finance

Bitcoin Advocate Jack Dorsey to Stay On as Twitter CEO

Dorsey's leadership position had been under scrutiny after activist investor Elliott Management took a major stake in Twitter in February.

Nov 3, 2020

CEO Jack Dorsey's company is part of a consortium demanding answers.

Markets

Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Rises Ahead of US Election

The bitcoin options market looks to be predicting a pickup in price volatility following the U.S. presidential election.

Nov 3, 2020

Traders now have another tool for betting on bitcoin's notorious volatility.

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Retreats Before US Election After Dominating Crypto in October

Bitcoin had an unusually bullish October, with a 29% gain that led the monthly performance ranking of digital assets in the CoinDesk 20.

Nov 2, 2020

Bitcoin broke away from the competition in October, with a 29% gain.

Markets

Bitcoin Revisits $13.5K After Posting Best Month Since April

After October's double-digit price gain, bitcoin may be looking at a short-term pullback.

Nov 2, 2020

Markets

$14K: Bitcoin Briefly Hits Highest Level Since January 2018

Bitcoin has carved out a 33-month high, showing resilience amid growing instability in the traditional markets.

Oct 31, 2020

Markets

Deribit Sees Record Bitcoin Options Volume as Activity in $36K Calls Surge

Daily volume for bitcoin options have hit lifetime highs on crypto derivatives exchange Deribit.

Oct 30, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Heads for 24% October Gain as US Election Countdown Begins

Pantera's Dan Morehead looks at negative images of GDP charts and counts words in Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper to chronicle bitcoin's "movement."

Oct 30, 2020

The countdown is beginning toward what could be one of the most tumultuous presidential elections in U.S. history.

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