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 Eyes $8.8K After Largely Erasing Last Week's Dip

Bitcoin's recent pullback looks to have ended. Now prices could challenge a crucial price hurdle near $8,800.

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Continued Losses See Bitcoin Erase 40% of Recent Price Rally

Bitcoin's price pullback has gathered steam in the last 24 hours, erasing a major portion of the cryptocurrency's recent gains.

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Bitcoin Faces Move to $8,200 After Dropping Out of Trading Range

Bitcoin's three-day range play has ended with a bear victory. Now prices could visit deeper support at $8,200.

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Retail Accumulation? Number of Bitcoin Addresses With One or More Coins Sees Solid Rise

A key on-chain metric has witnessed solid growth over the past 12 months, possibly indicating steady accumulation of bitcoins by retail traders.

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Bitcoin Bulls Seek Stronger Move After Bounce to $8.8K Loses Momentum

Bitcoin continues to defend key support, but a sustained move above $8,750 is needed to revive the short-term bull case.

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Bitcoin Price Indicator Eyes First Bullish Turn Since August

Bitcoin's case for a rally to $10,000 over the next few weeks looks stronger with the weekly MACD histogram about to turn bullish for the first time in five months.

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CME Open Interest for Bitcoin Futures Up 100% Since Start of 2020

Open interest in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have doubled in the first few days of the year, as noted by data analytics firm Skew.

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After Sudden 8% Drop, Bitcoin Bulls Must Defend Price Support at $8,460

Bitcoin's dramatic overnight fall from $9,200 is telling a tale of buyer exhaustion.

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Bitcoin’s Share of PoW Mining Rewards Now Above 80%

Rewards received by bitcoin miners form a major chunk of the salaries paid across major proof of work (PoW) blockchains, according to Yassine Elmandjra, a cryptocurrency analyst from ARK Invest.

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Bull Breather? Bitcoin Market Turns Indecisive at Two-Month High

Bitcoin's bulls are showing signs of exhaustion, having engineered a speedy rally to $8,900.

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