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

Bitcoin $100K Plays Back in Vogue After 10% BTC Price Surge From 'Trump Put'

The Deribit-listed $100K strike call has seen the biggest jump in open interest in the past 24 hours.

Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Markets

XRP, SOL, ADA's Coinbase Premium Surges to One-Month High After Trump's Crypto Reserve News

Tokens traded at a notable premium on Coinbase relative to Binance after Trump announced plans for establishing strategic crypto reserve.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Sell-Off Could Be a Textbook 'Breakout and Retest' Play: Godbole

The breakout and re-test play has its roots in behavioral aspects of trading and investing.

BTC's weekly chart: Breakout and retest play. (CoinDesk/TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Tumbles to $80K, XRP Loses Key Support as Trump Tariffs Regain Centrality, Dollar Index Rises

BTC extended the price slide during Friday's Asian trading hours as U.S. tariffs boosted demand for the dollar.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's Price Sell-Off Puts Focus on November's 'Runaway Gap' Below $80K in CME Futures

"Historically, CME gaps are filled eventually," one analyst said.

BTC CME Futures' gap from November. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Registers Biggest 3-Day Price Slide Since FTX Debacle. What Next?

In a worst case scenario, prices could slide to the $72,000–$74,000 range, one analyst said.

woman sliding, falling on snow. (Pezibear/Pixabay)

Finance

CoreWeave Eyes $4B IPO, Could File for U.S. Listing Within a Week: Bloomberg

The AI firm is targeting a valuation of over $35 billion, according to the report.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin's Lofty Max Pain Suggests Higher Spot Prices as $5B Options Expiry Approaches

Over $5 billion of notional value is set to expire this Friday on Deribit at 08:00 UTC.

Open Interest by Strike Price (Deribit)