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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Literally No One Is Trading Bakkt’s Bitcoin Options

Trading volumes in bitcoin options listed on the Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt platform have completely dried up, even while CME’s options product is seeing strong interest.

NADA: No one traded Bakkt's bitcoin options this past week. Credit: Shutterstock

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Most of MakerDAO's Asset Value Is in Only a Few Addresses

Though the industry is growing rapidly, a very small portion of addresses hold the majority of assets being locked and borrowed in the DeFi space.

DeFi's concentrated assets. Credit: Shutterstock

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Bitcoin Eyes Best January Close in 7 Years After 30% Price Increase

Bitcoin is eyeing its best January performance in seven years after crossing the all-important 200-day average hurdle overnight.

January 2019's price performance

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Bitcoin Rallies to Near $9,150 as Stocks Drop Over Coronavirus Fears

Bitcoin is rising in line with a broader uptrend that began well before the coronavirus scare began weighing on traditional markets. In the short term, though, a dip is looking likely.

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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.

Bull outside Frankfurt Stock Exchange