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.

Omkar Godbole

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Bitcoin's Price Volatility Expectations Slip to Lowest in 3 Months

"Falling implied volatility suggests that markets are expecting sideways price action," one analyst said.

Bitcoin's one-month implied volatility

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Bitcoin Searches Spike in Turkey as Central Bank Chief Fired, Lira Plummets

Turks might be looking for bitcoin as a potential store of value against further currency weakening or as a hedge against inflation.

Google searches on "Bitcoin" are soaring in Turkey after the president's replacement of the country's top central banker sent the local currency, the lira, plunging.

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Bitcoin Price Chart Shows Bull Fatigue as Analyst Sees 'Rising Wedge'

Bitcoin looks to have charted a rising wedge pattern, a sign of uptrend fatigue.

Patrick Heusser sees a "rising wedge" in bitcoin's 4-hour price chart.

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This Ether Options Play by Institutions Has Lottery Ticket Potential

A pair of wildly speculative options trades on cryptocurrency trading network Paradigm has analysts’ tongues wagging.

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SBI Crypto Opens Mining Pool Services to the Masses

SBI Crypto has opened its mining pool service for both institutions and individuals.

Bitcoin mining equipment

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Bitcoin's 'Rich List' Shrinks Amid Continued Price Rally

The number of unique addresses holding more than 1,000 BTC has shrunk by over 8% since Feb. 8 as whales take profits.

Bitcoin's "rich list" has been shrinking – and not because people are getting poorer.

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Bitcoin Price Gets Fed Boost but Bond Yields Could Play Spoilsport: Analysts

The Federal Reserve has strengthened bitcoin's appeal as an inflation hedge, opening doors for a continued price rally.

Bitcoin price chart for the last 24 hours.

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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.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

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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.

(PhotoMosh)