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 Faces Volatility Rise as Futures Market Shows Signs of Overheating

The bitcoin perpetual futures "funding rate" has shot up, suggesting the market may be overleveraged to the bullish side.

Nov 23, 2020

Markets

XRP Rises More Than 30% as Altcoins Piggyback on Bitcoin's Wave

The native asset of the XRP ledger has surged to 16-month highs.

Nov 21, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Rich List’ Grows as Whales HODL and Price Retakes $18K

Bitcoin's "rich list" hits an all-time high alongside the meteoric price rally.

Nov 20, 2020

Bitcoin "whales" have been known to make waves in the market.

Finance

US Firm Launches Company-Sponsored Bitcoin Retirement Plans

Digital Asset Investment Management says its new retirement plans can help savers beat inflation.

Nov 20, 2020

Markets

Ether Trades Above $500 for the First Time Since July 2018

Ethereum's native token ether has jumped to 28-month highs, taking year-to-date gains to nearly 290%.

Nov 20, 2020

Markets

Bitcoin Options Investors Are Starting to Hedge Against Potential Price Pullback

The one-month implied volatility, which is influenced by the demand for call and put options, jumped from roughly 55% to a four-month high of 70.5% in the past two days, suggesting increased expectations for price turbulence over the next four weeks.

Nov 19, 2020

Markets

First Mover: What China Crackdown Means for $18K Bitcoin as Dimon Passes on 'Tea'

Fewer new bitcoin may be hitting the market because miners in China can't sell their bitcoins due to a crackdown by their government.

Nov 19, 2020

Markets

Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge

The Deutsche Bank analyst's comments are another sign of bitcoin's increasing acceptance in the mainstream of finance.

Nov 19, 2020

Markets

Bitcoin’s Rally Could Be Caused by a Supply Crunch in China

Chinese miners are struggling to sell their crypto in ways that would quickly get them much-needed cash in the face of a government crackdown on local exchanges.

Nov 18, 2020

Bitcoin's surging price could be, in part, caused by a drying up of supply.

Markets

First Mover: As Bitcoin Shoots Past $18K, There's Comfort in the Crowded Trade

"Long bitcoin" is one of the most crowded trades in markets, a new survey suggests. But signs indicate many investors are just now getting in.

Nov 18, 2020

Bitcoin surged past $18,000, just a day after breaching $17,000.

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