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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Finance

MicroStrategy Proposes $500M Convertible Notes to Boost Bitcoin Stash

The Nasdaq-listed firm currently holds 214,400 BTC.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Giant Curve Roiled as Founder's Loans Get Liquidated; CRV Slides 30%

Addresses tied to Curve founder Michael Egorov are borrowing nearly $100 million in various stablecoins against $140 million in curve tokens.

(vlastas/iStock)

Markets

Stick With Bitcoin, 10x Research Says After Fed Predicts Just One Rate Cut For 2024

ETF inflows resumed Wednesday as U.S. inflation came in lower-than-expected.

Winner, medal, gold. (AxxLC/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Stabilizes Amid Further ETF Outflows

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 12, 2024.

BTC price, FMA June 12 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. CPI and Fed Meeting: Things to Watch Out as BTC Nurses Losses

BTC has come under pressure in the lead up to the key events that could influence Fed rate cut expectations.

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Policy

Zimbabwe Is Seeking Comments on the Crypto Industry: Report

Zimbabwe ranks 103 in Chainalysis' report that looks at nations crypto use, trumping more than 50 nations.

Zimbabwe, Harare (Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk)

Finance

Donald Trump Says He Wants All Remaining Bitcoin to Be 'Made in USA'

Early Tuesday Trump met executives from Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining firm CleanSpark Inc. and Riot Platforms.

Trump arrives at an NFT dinner in May 2024. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls Below $67K as ETFs' Inflows Streak Ends

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 11, 2024.

BTC price, FMA June 11 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Fed Should Cut Interest Rate as Restrictive Stance Adds to Inflation, Democrats Say

Elevated interest rates aimed at taming inflation have become a part of the problem, three Democrat senators said.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified that a U.S. CBDC isn't in the near future, and he said the Fed wouldn't design one to spy on Americans (screen capture, Senate Banking Committee video)

Markets

Meme Sector Sees Sharp Sell-off as GameStop Losses Extend to 60%

A Solana meme parody of the actual company was down 25% in the past 24 hours, with steep losses across other meme tokens that tended to move in tandem with GameStop.

(H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)