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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Finance

Figment, Apex to List Ether and Solana Staking ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange

Interest in ETH and SOL has increased substantially over the past few months and the ETPs will contribute to greater access to staking rewards for a wide audience, Figment said.

View of Zug, Switzerland, from the lake, with mountains in background. (Louis Droege/Unsplash)

Markets

This Bitcoin Rally Seems Different in Several Ways, But One Thing Stays the Same

As in previous bull runs, bitcoin's latest surge coincides with a burst of tech optimism on Wall Street. So traders might want to keep a close eye on a potential decline in the Nasdaq-to-S&P 500 ratio.

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Markets

Bitcoin Trade That Gave Bankman-Fried His Millions Returns in South Korea

Local market observers pointed out that the so-called “Kimchi premium” crossed a two-year high mark on Thursday.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: What Comes After BTC’s Flirt With Record High

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 6, 2024.

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Markets

Bitcoin Rally May Slow as Order-Book Imbalance Hints at Profit Taking

The gap between liquidity on the ask and bid sides of the order book within 2% of the market price has widened to nearly five times is usual value, according to data tracked by Kaiko.

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Markets

Crypto Funding Rates Reset After Bitcoin's Sharp Pullback From $69K

The market-wide resetting of funding rates means potential for a more long-lasting move to record highs in bitcoin.

Funding rates have normalized with bitcoin's overnight price pullback. (Velo Data)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Price Eyes Record This Week

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 5, 2024.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Price Rally May Add to Inflation. Here's Why

The so-called wealth effect from unrealized crypto-market gains, which is estimated to be stronger than stocks, could boost consumer spending and inject demand-pull inflation into the U.S. economy.

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Markets

Deribit's Bitcoin Volatility Index Signals Price Turbulence, Hits 16-Month High

The surging implied volatility has boosted the allure of "call overwriting" strategies that allow investors to generate additional yield on top of their spot market holdings.

The DVOL index has surged alongside bitcoin's price. (Deribit)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Surpasses $65K, Meme Tokens Rally

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 4, 2024.

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