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 Blasts Past $34K for First Time, Less Than 24 Hours After Blowing Through $30K

Following a torrid December in which the price of bitcoin rose $10,000, three days into the new year it's up another $5,000.

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Bitcoin Worth $1B Leaves Coinbase as Institutions 'FOMO' Buy: Analyst

Coinbase Pro exchange registered an outflow of over 35,000 bitcoin worth more than $1 billion early Saturday.

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Bitcoin Blasts Past $34K for First Time, Hours After Blowing Through $30K

On Nov. 30, bitcoin breached a nearly three-year high of $19,793. Since then the cryptocurrency has gained more than $11,000.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Closes 2020 Near Record Highs

Bitcoin nearly triples its price in 2020 and ends the year close to $29,000, but ether gained 450%.

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Number of People Holding Lots of Bitcoin Surges in Rare 'Whale-Spawning Season'

The number of entities holding at least 1,000 bitcoin rose to a new record high on Wednesday.

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India Mulls Imposing 18% Tax on Bitcoin Transactions

The move is viewed by some as a sign the Indian government is warming up to cryptocurrencies.

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First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Stalls as 'DeFi Summer' Proves Endless

This year's explosion in decentralized finance, or DeFi, highlighted just how much innovation was happening in digital-asset markets, beyond bitcoin.

The 'Summer of DeFi' just keeps on going, with collateral locked into decentralized finance protocols surging to a new all-time high.

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Deribit's New Options Allow Bitcoin Traders to Bet on Rally to $100K

Options at the $100,000 strike price expiring on Sept. 24, 2021, went live on Deribit Thursday.

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Uncharted Territory: How Technical Analysts Are Trading Bitcoin at All-Time Highs

There's a way to trade for with technicals without previous price levels to mark support and resistance levels.

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First Mover: Geek-Fest Turns Relevant as Bitcoin Passes $21K, $22K, $23K

As bitcoin prices push to new all-time highs, it's worth recalling May's "halving," which highlighted the cryptocurrency's potential inflation resistance.

Just a day after bitcoin prices topped $20,000 for the first time, they've already passed $23,000.