Omkar Godbole

Co-Managing Editor, Markets Team

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.

Latest from Omkar Godbole

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.

Hun 11, 2024

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.

Hun 11, 2024

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.

Hun 11, 2024