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: FTX Faces Whopping Claims, Ackman's Hot for Helium

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 21, 2022.

Nov 21, 2022

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he likes the Helium Network. (AJ Bell/YouTube)

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More Than 50% of Bitcoin Addresses Are Now in Loss

Previous bear markets ended with the majority of addresses being out of the money, on-chain data shows.

Nov 21, 2022

La mayoría de las direcciones que poseen bitcoin ahora están perdiendo dinero por su inversión en la principal criptomoneda. (IntoTheBlock)

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Coinbase, MicroStrategy Bonds Tank as FTX Collapse Dents Institutional Confidence in Crypto

High bond yields are reflective of sharply higher interest rates as well as genuine skepticism about the long-term viability of crypto amongst institutional investors, one investor said.

Nov 21, 2022

Markets

First Mover Americas: Binance.US Makes Another Run at Voyager Digital

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 17, 2022.

Nov 17, 2022

Changpeng Zhao's Binance.US had made a bid to acquire bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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Voyager Token Surges on Report Binance to Offer Lifeline to the Bankrupt Crypto Lender

Voyager filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, citing more than 100,000 creditors and as much as $10 billion in assets and liabilities.

Nov 17, 2022

Voyager's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and Tron's Justin Sun to Buy One Bitcoin Every Day

Bukele and Sun commit to buy one BTC every day, starting from Thursday amid fears that crypto exchange FTX's recent collapse would prolong the ongoing crypto winter.

Nov 17, 2022

Pequeña bandera ondeando en la parte superior del ayuntamiento en la ciudad de Santa Ana, El Salvador. (Getty Images)

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First Mover Americas: FTX Fallout Reverberates Across Crypto-Land

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 16, 2022.

Nov 16, 2022

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Markets

Institutions Take Bearish Stance on Bitcoin, Create Arbitrage Opportunity

The record discount in the front-month bitcoin futures traded on the CME indicates institutions are biased bearish. The discount may attract arbitrageurs.

Nov 16, 2022

The record bitcoin futures discount suggests institutions are biased bearish. (Arcane Research)

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First Mover Americas: FTX's Hacked Funds Are on the Move

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 15, 2022.

Nov 15, 2022

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Collapse of Crypto Exchange FTX Sees Long-Term Bitcoin Holders Shift to Distribution

A sustained decline in bitcoin owned by long-term holders may mean a widespread loss of conviction, Glassnode said.

Nov 15, 2022

Bitcoin long-term holders have shifted to distribution in the wake of FTX's collapse. (spiceteller/Pixabay)

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