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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First Mover: Biden's $1.9T Plan Shows 'Blue Wave' Bitcoiners Saw Coming

The Federal Reserve might need to print money to help finance Biden's coronavirus relief proposal, to keep Treasury bond interest rates from climbing.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaking Thursday in a virtual chat hosted by the Princeton University Bendheim Center for Finance.

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Biden's $1.9T Relief Package Proposal Fails to Stir Bitcoin Market

The U.S. dollar's rise on the news may be playing spoilsport to the bitcoin bulls.

Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours.

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First Mover: Forget Facebook's Stablecoin. Now It's $700B Bitcoin in the Crosshairs

Bitcoin's powerful move over the past couple of months to more than $700 billion in market value is suddenly commanding more attention from global financial regulators. 

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks via webcast from a Reuters event on Wednesday.

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Bitcoin Bounces as Options Market Sees 20% Chance of $50K at Month's End

While a rally to $50,000 in two weeks may be challenging to envision but is far from impossible.

Rocket launch

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Trading Hall of Fame: The Bitcoin Options Bet That Made $58.2M Profit on Just $638K

Back in October, one trader made a long-shot bet that bitcoin would hit $36,000 by January. It paid off in a spectacular way.

If crypto trading had a Hall of Fame, this trade would surely be in it.

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First Mover: Don't Like $34K Bitcoin? Stellar, Litecoin Yet to Conquer Old Highs

Though bitcoin's rally has lost some steam, many traders are still in a bullish mood – and shifting to alternative cryptocurrencies known as "altcoins" whose prices have yet to clear all-time highs from years past. 

This one or that one? Retail cryptocurrency buyers are reportedly on the hunt for alternatives to bitcoin.

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Analysts Are Gloomy About Bitcoin's Short-Term Price Outlook Right Now

Some are now forecasting an extension of Monday's 20% price drop as more bitcoin moves onto exchanges and institutional demand cools.

Bitcoin prices over the last 24 hours

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First Mover: Market Signs Look Healthy as Bitcoin Sell-Off Subsides

Record trading volumes have accompanied bitcoin's rally this year, and subsequent swoon, offering a healthy sign of just how much price discovery is taking place in rapidly growing (to $3T?) cryptocurrency markets. 

Bitcoin just suffered its biggest price meltdown since March 2020, but market activity is bustling.

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As Bitcoin Regains Lost Ground, Options Traders Bet on $52K Move by Late January

Some bitcoin traders are buying bullish call options at $52,000 and higher strike prices.

Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours

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Bitcoin Whales Kept Accumulating During Monday's Crash

Larger investors, or whales look to have reacted differently than retail investors amid this week's bitcoin price drop.

A whale tailfin sinks below the ocean surface. (Paola Ocaranza/Unsplash)