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

Stablecoins May Cushion Fed Rate Cut Impact on Treasury Tokens, Libeara's Head of Business Development Says

The Fed is likely to cut rates on Wednesday, starting the so-called liquidity easing cycle.

Standard Chartered building (Chengting Xie/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Price Drops Below $60K Ahead of Expected Fed Rate Cut

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 18, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Sept. 18 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Former Coinbase Executives Introduce Stablecoin-Native Exchange TrueX

TrueX says it caters to rising client demand for truly secure segregation between execution and custody.

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Markets

Fed Rate Cut Could Crash Crypto Markets, but Era of Central Banks Is Over: Arthur Hayes

A rate cut could add to inflation and strengthen the Japanese yen, crashing markets, Hayes explained.

Arthur Hayes at Korea Blockchain Week 2023. (Factblock)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Reclaims $59K as Traders Anticipate 50-Bps Fed Rate Cut

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 17, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Sept. 17 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

DYdX to Debut Perpetual Futures on Prediction Markets as DEX Seeks to Raise Profile

Decentralized finance needs to develop a unique offering relative to centralized venues, dYdX Foundation CEO Charles d'Haussy said.

Charles d'Haussy. (https://charlesdhaussy.com/)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Pulls Back Before Probable Fed Rate Cut

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 16, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Sept. 16 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $58K as Fed Faces Split Rate Cut Expectations

"Rarely has the market gone into the Fed meeting with maximum uncertainty (halfway between 25bps and 50bps)," Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades Little Changed Above $58,000

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 13, 2024.

BTC price, Sept. 13 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Tokenized Real-World Assets (Excluding Stablecoins) Market Value Hits Over $12B: Binance Research

RWAs continue to experience growth led by tokenized U.S. Treasuries.

Market value of onchain RWAs. (Binance Research)