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.

Omkar Godbole

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Bitcoin Probes Major Resistance After 15 Percent Price Rally

Bitcoin's recent gains have led to a bullish chart breakout and brought a key long-term price resistance into play for the first time in over two months.

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Bitcoin Eyes Price Breakout Amid US-Iran Tensions

Bitcoin is drawing bids amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty and could soon rise above key resistance at $7,580, confirming a short-term bullish breakout.

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Into the Ether: Majority of All ETH Wallets Now 'Out-of-the-Money'

Ether is down significantly from record highs and the majority of its holders are losing money on their investments.

The price of ether, August 2015 to December 2019.

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Bitcoin Price Set to Outshine Gold and Stocks by Big Margin in 2019

Despite the downtrend in the latter half of 2019, bitcoin is on track to significantly outperform gold and stocks.

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Bitcoin Price Jumps 10%, But Bull Reversal Still $700 Away

Bitcoin logged its biggest daily gain in seven weeks on Wednesday, neutralizing the bearish scenario.

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Bitcoin ‘UTXOs in Loss’ at Record Highs Amid Price Sell-Off

A key metric is hovering at record highs, suggesting investors are likely holding bitcoins even when deep in the red.

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Bitcoin Drops Below Major Price Support for First Time Since May

Having found acceptance under a key long-term price support, bitcoin risks dropping to seven-month lows below $6,500.

Markets are forming a bottom according to Tom Lee (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Price Hits 3-Week Low Even as Investor Bets on a Bull Move Surge

Bitcoin has dropped to three-week lows and risks a deeper slide, but longs are being placed in record numbers on Bitfinex.

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A Year After Bottoming Out at $3,100, Bitcoin Is Up 127%

Bitcoin bears have dominated the second half of this year, but the cryptocurrency is still up 127% year on year.

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Highest in 2 Years: 65% of Bitcoin Hash Power Is in China, Report Finds

For all of bitcoin’s promise of being the world’s first decentralized, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, 65 percent of the total hash power resides in China, according to a recent report by CoinShares Research.

Chinese President Xi Jinping