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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Markets

First Mover: Kyber Token's Eightfold Increase Reveals Bet on Future Market-Share Growth

Prices for decentralized exchange Kyber's KNC token have jumped eightfold in 2020, outshining the performance of Binance's BNB coin.

Newfangled configurations are powering competition among crypto exchanges. (Pixabay)

Markets

The Federal Reserve's Declining Balance Sheet Is Bearish for Bitcoin. Or Is It?

The Fed’s balance sheet just dropped the most in 11 years, but despite popular opinion that is not necessarily bad news for bitcoin.

Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C.

Markets

First Mover: Pie Anyone? DeFi Pushes ETF-Style Investing Toward Decentralization

PieDAO's push to decentralize itself shows the fast-growing DeFi industry's efforts to retrofit investment vehicles for digital-asset markets.

(Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Option Traders Bet on Bullish Move Following Volatility Squeeze

While bitcoin's range play continues, options traders look to be betting on a big move to the higher side soon.

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As Gold Hits 9-Year High, Bitcoin Eyes Price Breakout

Bitcoin is looking to leap key resistance alongside a strong rally in gold, but its role as an inflation hedge is still weak.

(itti ratanakiranaworn/Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover: With Trading Volumes Slumping, Are There Too Many Crypto Exchanges?

As bitcoin's volatility tumbles to a 15-month low, is there enough trading volume to go round for the world's 400-plus cryptocurrency exchanges?

Too many crypto exchanges? (Everett Collection/Shutterstock)

Markets

DeFi Driving Chainlink’s Link Token to Record Highs

The ever-increasing use of Chainlink’s price oracles in decentralized finance is driving the cryptocurrency higher, according to analysts.

Link vs. bitcoin returns, Jan. 1 to Jul. 7, 2020.

Markets

First Mover: Even Bank of America Acknowledges China Winning Digital-Currency Race

BoA researchers anticipate China's digital yuan might make a dent in the greenback’s global hegemony.

(Mendenhall Olga/Shutterstock)

Tech

Ethereum Activity Metric Hits Highest Level in 2 Years

The number of active ether addresses just clocked a recent high, possibly thanks to its growing role in decentralized finance.

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Markets

Cardano at One-Year High on Shelley Upgrade

The eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market value jumped to $0.1021 on Saturday to hit its highest price level since June 2019. It has rallied by a staggering 170% in the second quarter, according to CoinDesk data.

Cardano (ADA) prices, July 6, 2019 to July 6, 2020.