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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First Mover Americas: Coinbase Seeks New Revenue Stream From Layer 2 Network

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 10, 2023.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Markets

Bitcoin Traders Should Watch Wider Inflation Metrics, Not Just CPI

Wider metrics suggest a flare-up in inflation in months ahead, which may trigger a sharp repricing of interest rate expectations, bringing downside volatility to risky assets, including bitcoin.

The April inflation report was released Wednesday morning (JLGutierrez/Getty Images)

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SEI Token Could Reach Nearly Half a Billion Market Cap on Binance Debut

Decentralized exchange Aevo rolled out a new product on Wednesday that allows traders to express bullish/bearish view on tokens awaiting an exchange listing.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Flirts With $30K as Traders Await CPI

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 9, 2023.

Bitcoin is up ahead of the release of July's U.S. inflation numbers on Thursday. (CoinDesk archives)

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Trader Who Predicted Luna's Downfall Now Holds 450K MOON Tokens

The pseudonymous GCR likely bought 450,000 of the coins at an average price of 40 cents-45 cents, Loch Research's Prithvi Jhaveri said.

The trader who placed a $10 million bet on Luna's downfall now holds more than 450,000 MOON tokens. (Coingecko)

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XRP, SOL Lead Crypto Market Bounce; RLB and UNIBOT Surge on Bullish Sentiment

Trading volumes for rollbit tokens grew 500% on a revamped token buy-and-burn plan.

(Getty Images)

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Bitcoin's 'Taker Buy-Sell Ratio' Surges, Signals Renewed Bullish Vigor

The ratio shows more optimism at $29,000.

Bitcoin's taker buy-sell ratio surged to 1.36 on Aug. 1. (CryptoQuant)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Market Doesn't React Much to PayPal Stablecoin

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 8, 2023.

News that PayPal will issue a stablecoin failed to jolt the crypto market. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Rising Dormant Bitcoin Numbers Suggest Holding Is a Preferred Investment Strategy

Almost 69% of circulating bitcoin have been inactive for at least a year.

An increasing figure of inactive bitcoin suggests a decline in the supply available in the market. (Glassnode)

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Bitcoin Quiet in Asia at $29.3K as Market Hunts for Catalyst

Thursday morning's inflation report from the government was slightly better than economists had forecast.

(CoinDesk Indicies)