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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Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance Traders Led “Sell-The-Fact” Pullback in Bitcoin

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

A user examines prices on a mobile phone while looking at a graph on a laptop

Finance

Manta Pacific Replaces Base as Fourth Largest Scaling Solution: L2Beat

Manta Pacific is the native layer 2 of the Manta Network.

L2Beat: Scaling solutions ranked as per TVL (L2Beat)

Markets

Bitcoin's 'Sell The Fact' Pullback Came From Binance, OKX: Kaiko

The cumulative volume delta (CVD) indicator show traders from Binance have led the so-called "sell-the-fact" pullback in bitcoin.

Limit Order Buy Sell Chart (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin's Safe Haven Appeal Could Be Tested Soon, U.S. Bond Market Suggests

Recent developments in the U.S. Treasury yield curve suggest a recession may arrive soon, strengthening the case for investing in assets with safe-haven appeal.

(Laurence Dutton/GettyImages)

Markets

Bitcoin's Technicals Suggests Deeper Pullback to $38K: Analyst

Bitcoin's RSI divergence signals correction, 10x Research said.

Magnifier, Schedules (ds_30/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Debut Serves as a Lesson for Ether ETF Speculators

Bitcoin's experience cautions traders against betting bullish on volatility on the day of the ETF approval.

Books, pile, education (sweetlouise/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Frenzy Brings Windfall Volume to Decentralized Predictions Platform Polymarket

Polymarket saw betting contracts worth more than $5.7 million change hands on Wednesday.

Bitcoin ETF frenzy drives volume growth on prediction markets. (Obsahovka/Pixabay)

Markets

Aave Community Votes To Integrate PayPal’s Stablecoin

Majority of token holders favor onboard PYUSD in AAVE's Ethereum pool, the ongoing vote shows.

Aave is the Finnish word for ghost (Metis)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Seek Protection From Price Declines as ETF Deadline Looms: Deribit

Puts are overbought and calls [are] being sold, Deribit's CCO Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk, noting the decline in the bitcoin implied volatility index.

Innovation takes priority over investor protection in the anything-goes market of decentralized finance, or DeFi.

Markets

PayPal's Stablecoin Part of Third Largest Liquidity Pool on Curve

Curve's FRAXPYUSD liquidity pool, which went live on Dec. 27, boasts the third largest TVL of $135 million.

Curve pools: FRAXPYUSD is the third largest by TVL (Curve)